John Duff
Blum Helman Gallery
I associate fiberglass with John Duff in much the same way that steel and David Smith are, in my mind, inextricably linked. Like Smith, Duff has taken a contemporary industrial material and transformed it into a sculptural material. Duff’s accomplishments and influence were among the most profound to emerge in the late 1960s. More than anticipating the concerns of many younger sculptors who emerged during the last decade, his work showed and continues to show a way past the two most widely sanctioned sculptural approaches—Minimalism’s obsession with holistic presence and the Constructivist/assemblagist