'For anyone devoted to book collecting in the field of contemporary art, and particularly in the area of contemporary painting, this book is a 'must have'. This monograph is perhaps one of the most beautifully designed and comprehensively thoughtful works to come along for a long time and it might just represent a major departure from an old model of monographs to a new model that is more inclusive than exclusive of the artist, his or her critics and the realm in which he or she operates. Present day publishers and editors asked to rethink approaches to the twenty-first-century art book might begin with this example.

To those familiar with Mangold's art all this should really come as no surprise, since Mangold is a purist himself and this book truly and intelligently mimics the ideas at which the artist has been steadily at work since the mid 1960s ... with this new book it is quite evident that Mangold joins a new pantheon of great painters, including Sean Scully, Agnes Martin and Ellsworth Kelly, all of whom continue to re-describe and re-define the character, strength, style and possibilities for abstract painting in this century.' (Michael Klein, curator of the Microsoft Art Collection, The Art Book)

'A beautifully designed and presented monograph devoted to an American abstract artist of today who deserves to be better known on this side of the Atlantic.' (The Sunday Telegraph)