Event – Detail

Join us in The Athenaeum's Haas Gallery for the opening of Replica, an exhibition of works by Philadelphia artist Tom Judd. The show will be on display through September 19.

"In the Spring of 2023, I did something that I had been thinking about doing for many years – I began copying a Picasso. I did not want it to be Picasso-esque, but rather an exact copy that actually could pass as the real thing. This was not a new idea of course, reproducing paintings by the masters as a way of learning how to paint is a long tradition and I remember doing that very thing in art school when I painted a Thomas Eakins piece (which is included in this exhibit). I think what is different is that I’m not 20 years old anymore – and yet, perhaps I’m still a student? I’m still trying to figure it out."

-- Tom Judd

Tom Judd grew up in Salt Lake City and attended the University of Utah from 1970 to 1972. He attended the Philadelphia College of Art where he studied with Rafael Ferrer, Bob Kulicke, and Larry Day. Judd first exhibited his art work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1979, where at 25 he was included in a survey show entitled Contemporary Drawing: Philadelphia curated by Ann Percy and Frank Goodyear. The museum purchased a work from that exhibit for their permanent collection. Judd has gone onto exhibit his work in distinguished commercial galleries and Museums across the country. He is in major collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania Academy of Art and the Birmingham Museum of Art. Judd works in a variety of medium including painting, collage, photography and installation work. This includes major public art projects such as the Independence Hall subway station in Philadelphia.