by Alex Vlasov

Before entering art school, all my art education came from going to the Met on my days off. I went there by train and read Erich Maria Remarque in the window seat. There were many reasons for my trips, such as a dollar entry fee or air-conditioning. But most of all, it was my fascination with Abstract Expressionism. I could feel, in those fields of color created by Mark Rothko, something indescribable. I am telling you all this because my pilgrimages to the Met are relevant to the exhibition “Bootstrap Paradox” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. In his first museum show in the United States, Harminder Judge offers portals full of spiritual quests that are fundamentally ineffable.

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