Donald Judd
1928–1994
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Donald Judd (June 3, 1928 – February 12, 1994) was an American artist associated with minimalism (a term he nonetheless stridently disavowed). 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. It created an outpouring of seemingly effervescent works that defied the term "minimalism". Nevertheless, he is generally considered the leading international exponent of "minimalism," and its most important theoretician through such seminal writings as "Specific Objects" (1964). Judd voices his unorthodox perception of minimalism in Arts Yearbook 8, where he asserts; "The new three dimensional work doesn't constitute a movement, school, or style. The common aspects are too general and too little common to define a movement. The differences are greater than the similarities" Through his work Judd shines light on the profound effect on new three dimensional by specificity and generality.
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Donald Judd Untitled
1980
Donald Judd Untitled
1972
Donald Judd Untitled
1990
Donald Judd Untitled
1973
Donald Judd Untitled (DJ 85-51)
1985
Donald Judd Untitled
1967 or 1968
Donald Judd [no title]
1974
Donald Judd Untitled
1961–78
Artist as subject
Thomas Joshua Cooper Ritual Object (Message to Donald Judd and Richard Serra), Derbyshire
1975
Bob and Roberta Smith When Donald Judd Comes to our Place...
1997
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Donald Judd - Approaching Donald Judd
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