CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 4/24/2016

Agnes Martin

"Untitled" (2002) is reproduced from Agnes Martin, the catalogue to the definitive retrospective which originated at TATE and opens today at LACMA. Co-curated by Frances Morris and Tiffany Bell, this landmark show is the first museum retrospective since the artist's death in 2004. "Abstract painting, imbued with new terms, contexts, conditions and methodologies, has come under scrutiny from a generations of younger artists and their critics who are claiming the genre for themselves," Morris and Bell write in their Introduction. "There will be many for whom this is the first opportunity to view Martin's work in depth, to reflect on the contemporary relevance of her distinctive practice and its place in art history. What more appropriate moment could there be for reanimating the discussion around Agnes Martin?" To read the complete Introduction, continue to our blog.