3 x 3

3 x 3: Flavin, Andre, Judd is a touring exhibition from the National Gallery of Canada of pieces by Don Flavin, Carl Andre and Donald Judd. The collection dates from the late 1960s to mid-1970s, when gallery curator Brydon Smith began to collect works by these influential and innovative sculptors. These three artists collectively shrugged off the heavy conventions of the art world during the 1960s and took sculpture into another way of being.  

Using commercially available materials and existing objects to create vital forms, they challenged the very underpinnings of what sculpture was "supposed" to look like. Not only did their pieces bring fresh thinking to a traditional art form, it also asked art lovers, gallery owners and critics to use new eyes to view this exciting art.  

Excerpt taken from Wes Lafortune, review, Visual arts page, Fast Forward Weekly (FFWD)