SELECTED PRESS:
2016
GOPNIK, Blake. artnet news; Opinion; "Why Not Wear A Sculpture? - The DAILY PIC: The 40th birthday of MoMA PS1 celebrates Judith Shea and other rule-breakers". June 14, 2016
BATTAGLIA, Andy. The Wall Street Journal; Culture; "Alternative Art Pioneer Is Back With 'FORTY': Alanna Heiss returns to MoMA'S PS1 with a survey celebrating it's radical foundational spirit". July
2015
COTTER, Holland. The New York Times; Art & Design; Art Review; "At 'Greater New York' Rising Art Stars Meet The Old School". 2014 Coverage of "JUDITH SHEA" at Kent Fine Art, May 9 - June 28
KUSHNER, Robert. The Brooklyn Rail; "ART SEEN": Judith Shea: Kent Fine Art, May 9 - June 28
PLAGENS, Peter. The Wall Street Journal; Arts and Entertainment; Saturday/Sunday, May 24-25, Fine Art: "BREAKING OUT OF CONVENTION": Judith Shea: Kent Fine Art
2013
SHEA, Judith. PUBLIC ART DIALOGUE Journal; "ARTIST'S PROJECT; GROUND FLOOR MEMORIAL"; Volume 3, Issue 1, 2013; Special Issue: Memorials 2 - The Culture of Remembrance, pp. 110 - 116, cover
TEMIN, Christine. SCULPTURE Magazine Online: October 2013; "In Residence at Chesterwood". pp. 2012
Coverage of "HER OWN STYLE: An Artist's Eye With Judith Shea" at the National Academy Museum, New York, NY. September 12, 2012 - January 13, 2013
WNET/ PBS13; NYC-Arts; Interview with Judith Shea on her exhibition "HER OWN STYLE: An Artist's Eye with Judith Shea" at the National Academy Museum. Broadcast December 20, 2012.
DICKSON, Jane. bombsite: BOMB Magazine Online; “THE COMPANY SHE KEEPS: Interview with Judith Shea”. Jan.1
RAPAPORT, Brooke Kamin. SCULPTURE Magazine Online; “HEAD’S UP”, Review: Process and Materials, Mar 19.
SCHOR, Mira. a year of positive thinking, Online Journal; “CATHING UP BY PLAYING HOOKEY: Bernini, Shea, Cage, and Picasso”. Jan. 1.
2010
Public Art Review; Fall/Winter 2010; Issue 43; Realism & Representation. "On The Contemporary Memorial: JUDITH SHEA- Legacy Collection".
2008
SCHJELDAHL, Peter. The Figures; "COLUMNS AND CATALOGS".
2006
FRIEDMAN, Martin. “Judith Shea”. In A Sculpture Reader: Contemporary Sculpture since 1980. Seattle: University of Washington Press, pp. 264–71, ill.; cover ill.
SMITH, Roberta. The New York Times: Weekend ARTS, Friday, May 12; “ONE COLLECTION, MANY STORIES FROM THE LAND OF MAVERICKS”, “Against the Grain”, MoMA, NY, NY
2005
BERRY, S.L., The Indianapolis Star, A & E, p. 1, Sunday, May 29; “The New Herron School of Art and Design: A WORK OF ART”.
FRIEDMAN, Martin. SCULPTURE Magazine; March 2005; “7 JUDITH SHEA CHARACTERS ON THE VERGE OF A REVELATION” (Cover), pp. 28 - 32.
2004
HARPER, Pat. Chicago Tribune, March 10, 2004; “SCULPTURES POP UP ACROSS FLOSSMOOR: Garden is Centerpiece of Public Art Effort”.
KENNEDY, Randy. The New York Times; Weekend, Aug. 13; “WHERE CREATIVE HEAT MEETS MOLTEN METAL”, pp. E29, 36. (Picture: “Urban Francis”).
LEFFINGWELL, Edward. Art in America, May 2004; “DANCE: Drawn to Dance”. pp. 91, 92, 95.
2002
BROOKMAN, Donna. SCULPTURE Magazine, Oct.“COLLECTING EXPERIENCE: A Conversation with Steven Oliver” p. 37.
JAYS, David. Financial Times, Weekend, Oct 19-20; “ALL THAT GLITTERS”.
SCULPTURE Magazine, June; “ISC FIGURATIVE COLLECTION”, p. 53
VILADES, Pilar. The New York Times Magazine, Nov 10; Style, “THE GRAND TOUR”, pp. 71, 72 (images).
1999
THORSON, Alice. The Kansas City Star; “PARK PLACE: Kansas City Sculpture Park Balances Great Art and a Garden’s Grace” June 6, p. J1-3
ZIMMER, William. The New York Times, Sunday, May 2; “Contemporary Tribute to Classical Past”, p. 22 1998
BATCHELDER, Ann. Fiberarts; “Hanging By A Thread”, Summer, p. 36-42.
COTTER, Holland. The New York Times; January 9, 1998. “ART REVIEW: Messages Woven, Sewn Or Floating in the Air”.
KOTZ, Mary Lynn. SCULPTURE Magazine; “At the White House: The First Lady’s Sculpture Garden”, July/August, p. 22-29
ROWLANDS, Penelope. ARTnews; “Living with art: Steven and Nancy Oliver – ‘You Dream It, We’ll Build It’ March 1998, p. 104-108
1997
SMITH, Roberta. The New York Times; March 14, 1997. “SERIOUS SIDE OF AN INFATUATION WITH FASHION”.
1994 - 1995
Coverage & Controversy of "The Other Monument", a Project of the Public Art Fund, New York, NY
COTTER, Holland. The New York Times; WEEKEND/Art Review; “Sculpture Under The Sky: Free, Daring
and Soon Departed”, Friday, August 26
MEYERS, Keith. The New York Times; “A User’s Guide to Making a Monument”, (A Photo Essay) , September 4
New York Magazine; “Fall Preview: Art”, September 12, p. 52
Public Art Review; “The Other Monument”, Issue 11, Vol. 6, No. 1, Fall/Winter (illustration) Promenade; “What’s Going On”, October (illustration)
SCULPTURE Magazine, Nov/Dec 1994; Reviews, New York, NY
KRAMER, Hilton. The New York Observer, December 26, 1994 - January 2, 1995; "A Critic's View: About That Other Monument: Don't Even Get Me Started"
CLARK, James M. The New York Observer, January 16, 1995; Letters to the Editor; "Don't EvenGet Me Started"; From the Executive Director of the Public Art Fund.
BOGART, Michele H. The New York Observer, January 23, 1995; Letters to the Editor; "Monumental Debate"; From the Assoc. Prof. of Art, State University at Stony Brook
SHEA, Judith. The New York Times, February 19, 1995; Letters to the Editor; Sculptor Sees Larger Issue In Debate Over Her Statue
SOKOLOV, Raymond. The Wall Street Journal; “What’s New At the White House? It’s the Art Stupid”, Leisure and Arts: Critique, Tuesday, October 18, p. A16
1993
ADAMS, Brooks. Art in America; “SHEA’S ANTI-MONUMENTS”, April, p. 122-23
The New Yorker, Art: Goings On About Town, March 15
SHEA, Judith. Bomb Magazine, Summer issue, p. 28-29
SMITH, Roberta. “Judith Shea”, The New York Times; Art in Review, Friday, February 6
1992
SHEA, Judith. DANCE INK, Contributing Artist, Summer, p. 11
1991
BURCHARD, Hank. The Washington Post; “Shea Sculpture: Go Figure”, Weekend, January 26
KANGAS, Matthew. SCULPTURE Magazine; “Rebirth of Venus: The Persistence of the Classical in Contemporary Sculpture”, November/December, pp. 48-55
MAHONEY, Robert. ARTS Magazine; “Judith Shea: Monument Statuary”, September, p. 53
The Print Collector’s Newsletter; “Judith Shea”, Vol. XXI, No. 6, January-February
SCHJELDAHL, Peter. The Village Voice; “Metaphysics of Skin”, Art, April 16, p. 99
TAPLIN, Robert. Art in America,; “Judith Shea at Max Protetch Gallery”, October, pp. 151-152
1990
MARINCOLA, Paula. Artforum; “Judith Shea’s Contemporary Kore”, Summer, pp. 134-139
RICHARD, Paul. The Washington Post; “Classics Feminism: Sculpture, Judith Shea and Her Gods”, January 23, p. C3
The Washington Post; “Critic’s Picks”, January 28, p. G8
1988
BRENSON, Michael. The New York Times; “Coming to Grips with Contemporary Sculpture”, June 19
BRENSON, Michael. The New York Times; “Judith Shea (Curt Marcus Gallery)”, March 18
BRENSON, Michael. The New York Times; “Sculptural Interiors”, July 15
CHAYAT, Sherry. Syracuse Herald American; “Body Language”, October 9
CHAYAT, Sherry. Syracuse Herald Journal; “Sculpture Exhibit Opening at Everson Comments about
Dehumanization”, September 22
COHEN, Ronny H. Artforum; “Judith Shea: Curt Marcus Gallery”, Summer
EDELSTEIN, Jeffrey, and LEE, Wren. Contemporanea; “Minneapolis”, September/October
EVERINGHAM, Carol J. The Advocate & Greenwich Times; ' Figuratively Speaking,’ The Neuberger Museum Takes an Unusual Look at the Many Possibilities of the Human Form”, May 14, p. D5
FREUDENHEIM, Susan. The San Diego Tribune,; “Show’s part 2 First-Rate”, March 23
HOFFMAN, Donald. The Kansas City Star; “Clothing Sculptures Insist on Comparisons with Past”, Art Journal,
March 5, p. 4E
JOHNSON, Ken. Art in America; “Judith Shea at Curt Marcus”, June
KERNER, Howard A. Syracuse Times; “Our Bodies Ourselves”, September 28
KIMMELMAN, Michael. The New York Times; “In Purchase”, August 4
LARSON, Kay. New York Magazine; “Art: Judith Shea”, March 8
MARTIN, Mary Abbe. Artnews; “Splendor in the Grass”, October
RAND, David. Horizon; “Aesthetic Anarchy”, June
RAYNOR, Vivien. The New York Times; “Figurative Allusion: Anniversary Show of Robust Drawings”, May 14, p. 32
STERN, William F. “Sculpture Inside Outside"; Citations, Cite, Spring/Summer, pp. 20-21
YOOD, James. SCULPTURE Magazine; “Sculpture Chicago”, September/October, pp. 30-31
The New York Times; “Outdoor Sculpture to Sit on or Climb”, September 4
1987
GILL, Susan. Artnews; “Judith Shea, Willard Gallery”, January, pp. 161-163
VAN WAGNER, Judy Collischan. ARTS; “Judith Shea: A Personal Balance”, January
1985
COHEN, Ronny H. Artforum; “Judith Shea: Review”, February, pp. 84-85
GILL, Susan. Artnews; “New York Reviews: Costumes”, April, p. 149
PRINCENTHAL, Nancy. Artnews; “Judith Shea, Willard Gallery”, February, pp. 141-143
SAUNDERS, Wade. Art in America; “Talking Objects: Interviews with 10 Sculptors”, November, pp. 110-137
TAYLOR, Robert. Boston Globe; “Images Endowed with Layers of Meaning at M.I.T.”
WESTFALL, Stephen. Art in America; “Judith Shea at Willard Gallery”, March, p. 158
1984
HARRIS, Susan. ARTS Magazine; “Four Sculptors: Ritual and Artifact”, November, pp. 41-42
1983
BERNARD, April. Vanity Fair; “Vanity Fair notes”, May, pp. 24-26
COHEN, Ronny H., and CYPHERS, Peggy. New Observations 9; “The First Energist Book”, March 9
GESSNER, Liz. The Chicago Herald; “Sculptors Look at Human Form”, May 25, p. 10
KOPLOS, J. Fiberarts; “Garment Form as Image”, November/December, p. 69
LIEBMAN, Lisa. Artforum; “Judith Shea”, September, p. 70
LEVIN, Kim. The Village Voice; “Top Forms”, February 1, p. 35
LICHTENSTEIN, Therese. ARTS Magazine; “Group Show”, November, p. 40
MOSER, Charlotte. The New York Times; “Renaissance Show Surveys 10 Years of Using the Human Form in Sculpture”, May 29
STEIN, Judith. Portfolio; “The Artist’s New Clothes”, January/February, pp. 63-66
SIEGAL, Jeanne. Art Express; “Figuratively Sculpting", P.S.1, March
1981
Coverage of Shea works in the January 1981 Whitney Biennial
ASHBERRY, John. Newsweek; “An Exhilarating Mess”, February 23, pp. 82-83
LARSON, Kay. New York Magazine; “Figuratively Speaking”, November 16, pp. 120-123
MORGAN, Stuart. Artscribe; “Animal House: The Whitney Biennial”, No. 21, June
MORRIS, Robert. Art in America; “American Quartet”, December, pp. 92-105
SCHJELDAHL, Peter. The Village Voice; “The Hallelujah Trial”, March 18, p. 77
SMITH, Roberta. Art in America; “Biennial Blues”, April, pp. 92-101
1980
Coverage of 1st New York Gallery Exhibition at Willard Gallery, June 3 - July 2
COHEN, Ronny H. Art in America; “Judith Shea at Willard Gallery”, October, pp. 129-130
COHEN, Ronny H. Artforum; “Energism: An Attitude”, September 16, pp. 16-23
HASKELL, Barbara. Ocular; “New Faces/New Images”, Summer
LARSON, Kay. Artnews; “For the First Time Women are Leading, Not Following”, October, pp. 64-72
NADELMAN, Cynthia. Artnews; “Fabric into Art”, September, pp. 244-247
RAYNOR, Vivian. The New York Times; “Art: Two Women Take Crafts to Higher Plane”, June 27, p. C24
RICKEY, Carrie. The Village Voice; “Of Crystal Palaces and Glass Houses”, April 14, p. 77
SILVERTHORNE, Jeanne. Artforum; “Judith Shea at Willard Gallery”, October, pp. 81-82
Artforum; “Situation Ethics: Impermanent Art and the 70’s Audience”, January, pp. 22-29
1979
ANDERSON, Alexandra. SOHO Weekly News; “Painting by the Yard”, June 28
ASKEY, Ruth. Artweek; “Clothing Construction”, June 16, p. 7
CONNER, Maureen. Artforum; “Form Follows Fashion”, December, pp. 62-65
FLOOD, Richard. Artforum; “Philadelphia: ‘Material Pleasures,’ The Fabric Workshop at ICA”, October, pp. 74-76
FRANK, Peter. The Village Voice; “Museums on the Metroliner”, July 16
MUCHNIC, Suzanne. Los Angeles Times; “Two Shows: From Trivial to Trenchant”, June 22, IV. P. 17
RICKEY, Carrie. Art in America; “Art of Whole Cloth”, November, pp. 72-83