Tom Judd | The World Is Flat
May 19 – June 18, 2011
Chapter 1: Practice makes Process
“Willem de Kooning, when asked if it upset him that there were so many people making paintings that looked like his, responded, ‘No, because they don’t get to do the bad ones’.
Most artists can relate to that story because it really speaks to the mysterious process of discovering something while trying to create it. That journey, that stumbling through the dark, looking through the scraps and notes and sketches – scouring your mind for a clue to something that is worth doing, worth painting, worth saying, worth relating to others.” – Tom Judd
Philadelphia-based artist Tom Judd breathes new life into discarded “vessels” – cardboard boxes once designed for the transportation of goods in a large-scale installation, The World Is Flat. Through the transformation of these found boxes, Judd presents a contemplative re-appropriation of the materials, barriers, and apertures that signify a greater sense of communication, expansion and colonialism in the form of a world map. Originally installed in the “old” Magarity Ford building in Chestnut Hill, PA, this 12′ x 25’ work expands upon Judd’s intrinsic approach to collage and painting.