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Douglas Gordon Retrospective at MoMA Emphasizes Sculptural Qualities

exhibition · 2026-04-24

The Museum of Modern Art in New York City hosted a Douglas Gordon retrospective from June 11 to September 4, 2006. While existing literature on the exhibition focuses on time and sociology, a critical review argues that Gordon's work is better understood as sculpture. The catalog, filled with mass-media images, is deemed irrelevant to this sculptural reading.

Key facts

  • Douglas Gordon retrospective at MoMA
  • Museum of Modern Art, 11 W 53 Street, New York City
  • June 11–September 4, 2006
  • Literature emphasizes time and sociology
  • Reviewer prefers to think of the work as sculpture
  • Catalog full of mass-media images
  • Catalog seems beside the point

Entities

Artists

  • Douglas Gordon

Institutions

  • Museum of Modern Art
  • artcritical

Locations

  • New York City
  • United States

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