04/09/2026
Frieze Seoul 2026
Harminder Judge | Hermann Nitsch
Harminder Judge Harminder Judge
Judge’s distinctive plaster and pigment works occupy a space between painting and sculpture, drawing on Indian neo-tantric traditions, color-field abstraction, and the physicality of fresco. Built through successive layers of pigment, plaster, polishing, and oil, each work possesses remarkable depth and luminosity.
Judge’s international profile continues to develop following his first US museum exhibition at moCa Cleveland in 2025, a solo exhibition at Sean Kelly in New York and his inclusion in Artsy’s Vanguard. He also co-curated an exhibition with Lois Hollowell at Pace Gallery in New York.
Hermann Nitsch Nitsch Foundation
In 2021, Nitsch was invited by the Bayreuth Festival to create the scenic accompaniment to a concert version of Wagner’s Die Walküre. For each of its three acts, he conceived an extensive painting action that translated music into color, physical gesture, and movement. The resulting paintings form a particularly significant body of work, of which the monumentalDAVINA is an outstanding example. For further reference, I’m happy to share a video of the painting action with you.
Work Details:
Harminder Judge, Untitled (violet crest), 2026
Photo by Manuel Carreon Lopez
Hermann Nitsch, DAVINA (Bayreuth), 2021
Photo by Manuel Carreon Lopez
Booth installation views. Photos by Yosuke Kojima
If you are at Frieze Seoul, we hope to see you at Booth A14 for the final two days of the fair.