October 78 by morris or tony smith, or judd himself, was more or less cubic, grayish in color. Ten identical boxy forms are arranged in vertical fashion one above the other with the spaces between each equivalent to the height of each box. In 1965 judd wrote,half or more of the best works in the last few years have been neither painting nor sculpture, but rather what he called specific objects. For donald judd, in both his artistic production and criticism, there was no criterion more important than. Usually it has been related, closely or distantly, to one or the other.
Theyre threedimensional objects, they have a definite shape, they possess scale, they interact with light and they are tactile. An ica leeboard, 1958 lee bontecou, 1962 new york city a world art center, 1962 chamberlain. The trees, figures, food or furniture in a painting have a shape or contain shapes that are emotive. Donald judd and the judd foundation the work of donald judd and the judd foundation it is now intended to discuss different aspects of his work to strengthen and develop my research concept. This is the complete, authorized collection of donald judd s early art criticism and polemical writings. Minimalist sculpture as the pristine contemplation of space. Donald judd was an american artist that rejected traditional paintings and sculptures. Judd s argument in specific objects explicitly and systematically opposed greenberg and his version of modernism that was laid out in. Donald judds specific objects and the art of installation huffpost. Regularly confused for a manifesto or statement on his own work, judd instead contended in a 1968 interview with lucy lippard that the.
Donald judd s first concrete work, untitled, 1971, was the last element added to the glass house sites historic core. Donald judd, specific objects 1965, in theories and documents of contemporary art, ed. The author discusses his attempts to exploit computeraided design and manufacture to extend donald judd s sculptural concept of specific objects. And they were objects because they were fabricated rather than sculpted by the artist. M i n i m a l i s m a n d p o s t m i n i m a l i s m. Judd s interest in painting and cubism slowly and progressively evolved to abstract, geometric works. This extended the definition of space between the units to those below and above. In his work, judd sought autonomy and clarity for the constructed object and the space created by it, ultimately achieving a rigorously democratic presentation without compositional hierarchy. Instead, he believed that art should exist as it does in. David willis cambridge, 2000, 26 original emphasis. We began to look at donald judd, and american sculptor from new york that was part of the end. Donald judd, untitled 1965, american minimalism, galvanized iron richard serra, house of cards 19667, american minimalism, steel sculptures were reconceptualized by minimalists as specific objects which did not attempt to look like or symbolize anything. His essay specific objects, first published in 1965, remains central to the analysis of the new.
His essay speci c objects 1965 is crucial to the analysis of the new. Judd s radical approach to form, materials, working methods, and display established him as one of the pivotal figures of the twentieth century. This exhibition will also bring together judd s furniture with designs he owned and admired, as well as. While the greenbergian framing is appropriated by morris, donald. In 1965 he wrote an article called specific objects for a magazine about sculpture in his art criticism career. Donald judds specific objects and the art of installation state of. The writing is simple, obsessive, insular, and sometimes bellicose to the. Even his 1965 essay specific objects which sets out to define, in the broadest terms, the characteristics of the best contemporary art. Half or more of the best new work in the last few years has been neither painting nor sculpture. Click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time. In the united states a parallel obsession with the real was part of the zeitgeist, especially in the visual arts and performance. Using industrial materials such as plexiglas, aluminum, and rolled steel rather than fine art materials, judd.
Beginning in the 1960s, he developed new ideas about artin both his works and writingsthat challenged many of modernisms core tenets by. According to judd, unity can only be achieved in sculpture when its form is specific and has only one quality. Nevertheless, he is generally considered the leading international exponent of minimalism, and its most important theoretician through such seminal writings as specific objects. Published by david zwirner books and judd foundation, donald judd writings is a 1,000 page orange tome in the shape of a brick, assembled primarily by donald s two children, flavin and rainer. Judd outlined his artistic project, what could be called his aesthetics of credibility, in an essay entitled. Judd s essay specific objects, first published in 1965, remains central to the analysis of the new art developed in the early 1960s. Judd expresses with these proposals the nature of the territory. Using industrial materials such as plexiglas, aluminum, and rolled steel rather than fine art materials, judd placed his work in a continuum with the mass. However, in order to form these objects you must make each fold in a specific order starting from one end of the sheet working to the other. Judd called these mature works specific objects rather than sculptures or works of art, to indicate their distance from traditional ways of making. Most of his output was in freestanding specific objects the name of his seminal essay of 1965 published in arts.
Other essays included in this publication are complaints i 1969, complaints ii 1973 and his previously unpublished essay imperialism, nationalism and regionalism 1975, all of which establish the. It was now an orphaned work, unwanted, a judd that never was. Specific objects is considered an important text wherein donald judd describes the new art produced in new york during the 1960s, and tries to distinguish it. Many of his most famous specific objects hang on the wall. Even his 1965 essay specific objects which sets out to. Specific objects, first published in 1965, remains judd s most widelyread and oftencited essay. Donald judd and his artwork are commonly associated with just a single word. Already by the early 1970s, judd had lost a certain control of his art. Judd s simple, and concise, piece arrives at an object perfectly aware of the space it inhabits. It is, i believe, this emphasis on shape that accounts for the impression, which numerous critics have mentioned, that judd s and morriss pieces are hollow. Jun 06, 2016 donald judd called the sculptural works he created specific objects. The work is diverse, and much in it that is not in painting and sculpture is also diverse.
This architectural museum builds off the study of donald judd s objects and creates a space designed for art, rather. Donald judd s 1964 essay specific objects probably remains his most wellknown. Objects that his generations disinterest in painting and sculpture is a disinterest in doing it again. Donald judd who, in his essay, specific objects, spelled out this strategy. A historical, political and economic analysis author.
The large freestanding concrete sculpture at the glass house is judd s first in an. Now that were a generation or two into the socalled postmodern era, it may be. The paper focuses on the challenges of creating singular forms exhibiting both unity and variation through rapid prototyping. Although widely identified with minimalism, donald judd strongly objected to. The computeraided design and manufacture of specific objects. He defined them as neither paintings nor sculptures. Jordyn connell 24 september 2019 h205 primary source assignment donald judd specific objects.
Donald judd, specific objects, arts yearbook 7 1965. Artists, architects, art historians, critics, and curators explore the work of donald judd as both artist and critic in essays spanning all of judd s career. The best new work, he declared, is neither painting nor sculpture, but a paradoxical hybrid, like a picture which stops being a picture and turns into an arbitrary object. The research explores donald judd s concept of specific objects, and how the notion of singular qualities, so essential to the concept, can be extended through the practice of sculpture. Barbara rose, abc art, art in america october 1965. Although widely identified with minimalism, donald judd strongly objected to this term as being overly general. But there are some things that occur nearly in common. Donald judd, specific objects 1965 michael fried, art and objecthood 1967 week 9 23. In 1965, judd published his nowcanonical treatise specific objects, in which he eschewed the classical ideals of representational painting and sculpture in favour of work. My work with the whole room began with part of it the room. In it, he described new artworks characterized by, among other features, a quality as a whole instead of. Donald judd s 19281994 threedimensional works consist of single or multiple, seemingly simple geometric forms intended to create specific spatial arrangements within a specified physical environment.
The article laid out the minimalist platform of stressing the physical, phenomenological experience of objects rather than representing any metaphysical or metaphoric symbolism. Download judds specific objects pdf here, courtesy of the judd foundation. Presentations on frank stella, donald judd, eva hesse readings. In 1975, donald judd asked himself the question, why write. Bringing together a selection of judd s objects, paint. Another view, 1963 local history, 1964 specific objects,1964 barnett newman, 1964 complaints. Page 1 of 6 judd, specific objects specific objects donald judd half or more of the best new work in the last few years has been neither painting nor sculpture. Donald clarence judd was an american artist associated with minimalism. Art education of donald judd prior to the development of his specific objects, donald judd had received. These boxlike units are usually stacked and attached to a wall.
Widely considered one of the most important american artists of the twentieth century, donald judd transformed the art world with his work in art, design, and architecture. Specific furniture will look beyond judd s work in sculpture, which he called specific objects, to examine his furniture design as its own practice, independent from his artworks. Judd foundation, in addition the policy of the home depot in the next chapter to illustrate the research i undertook in order to realize my work. Donald judd 19281994 was one of the most influential american artists of the postwar era. As we can find in the writing specific object from donald judd. Excerpts from donald judd, specific objects 1965, in charles and wood, art in theory, 19002000, 2016, pp. Donald clarence judd june 3, 1928 february 12, 1994 was an american artist associated. Donald judds specific objects and the art of installation. The conservation of donald judds first concrete work. Reprinted in donald judd, complete writings 19591975. His specific objects, as he called them, were interesting to a specific subject. Jul 05, 20 this exhibition proposes to correct the widely held misconception about donald judd s oftenquoted 1965 article specific objects. In the early 1960s he began to make what he termed specific.
This exhibition looks beyond judd s work in sculpture, which he called specific objects, to examine his furniture design as its own practice, independent from his artworks. Judd voices his unorthodox perception of minimalism i. Minimalism receives ist theorization at the hands of ist major practicioners, judd and robert morris, in. Donald judd american, 192894 untitled, 1993 brass and green plexiglas private collection. A minor episode in the annals of judd s career, the story of untitled tells us much about the artists practice. He referred to his artwork, not as paintings or sculptures, but as specific objects. Minimalist sculpture as the pristine contemplation of. Sep 28, 2014 judd s essay specific objects, first published in 1965, remains central to the analysis of the new art developed in the early 1960s. Specific objects donald judd half or more of the best new work in the last few years has been neither painting nor sculpture. Jordyn connell 24 september 2019 h205 primary source assignment donald judd specific objects there. Specific objects last paragraph, written in 1964, first published in arts yearbook 8, 1965.
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