Donald Judd: artworks : 1970-1994

Abstract

"A sweeping selection of Donald Judd's iconic and ambitious works alongside a diverse collection of newly commissioned writings. One of the most significant American artists of the postwar period, Judd rigorously experimented with color, form, material, and space. The works in this catalogue range from the artist's expansive installations to self-contained single units, yielding valuable new insights into his process and approach. The survey includes one of his largest and most intricate installations of sixty-three wall-mounted plywood boxes, conceived in 1986. Other works include variations on some of Judd's most recognizable forms, executed in materials such as Cor-ten steel, plexiglass, copper, plywood, brushed aluminum, and enameled aluminum. Brilliant and exacting reproductions capture these works in vivid detail. Following the major Judd retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 2020, this book serves as a companion volume." --

Contents

Plates -- Making space / Anna Lovatt -- Contingency, contradiction / Lucy Ives -- Object - attention - environment / Michael Stone-Richards -- Judd and Judson: viewing Judd's work in relation to Yvonne Rainer and Trisha Brown / Wendy Perron -- Critical distance / Lauren Oyler -- The thing itself / Mimi Thompson -- Antimatter and illusionism / Branden W. Josephy -- “Root, hog or die”: working Judd's proposal through the historical fragment / Marta Kuzma -- In the palm of his hand: understanding the silence / Thessaly la Force -- A general attitude toward things at large / Johannah Fateman -- List of works.