Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, who I briefly had as a professor at Art Center, introduced me to the work of Anne Truitt. It was in his class that I had to research and present Truitt's work and though it didn't seem apparent right away, her work has greatly influenced me. I love the repetition of the simple column shape, the subtle interaction between painted surface and segmented units. They are funny, gentle, serious. I think of her work as being a bit like the more colorful sculptural sister of Agnes Martin. Both dealing with limits, units, nature, geometry, movement. Happy to hear that she will be having a retrospective later this year at the Hirshhorn .
