David Smith by Dan Budnik, Knoedler & Company, NYC

Seeing David Smith
Photographs by Dan Budnik
Knoedler & Company, New York
March 18 – May 26, 2006

“The fields” would probably not have become two of the more evocative words in the Smith literature without Dan Budnik.” – Michael Brenson (quotation from “The Fields,” originally published in David Smith: A Centennial @ 2006 The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York)

David Smith is widely acclaimed as one of the giants of 20th century sculpture. David Smith’s persona, his working process, his studio, and the “fields” at his home in Bolton Landing, New York, have been the fascination of many photographers—among them Ugo Mulas, Alexander Liberman, and Irving Penn. Dan Budnik’s photography of David Smith, however, is unparalleled in its intimacy and its depth. The exhibition in Knoedler’s lower space presents a rare opportunity to view the master prints themselves—last shown together in 1974.

Dan Budnik (b. 1933), whose career as a photographer has spanned more than half a century, was the most recent recipient of the prestigious American Society of Media Photographers Honor Roll Award. His photo-essays have appeared in periodicals that include Art in America, Life, Fortune, The London Sunday Times Magazine, Look, Modern Photography, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, and Vogue.

Seeing David Smith: Photographs by Dan Budnik coincides with the comprehensive retrospective of Smith’s work at The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue with an introduction by E.A. Carmean, Jr. and text by Dan Budnik.

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