Donald
Judd
Donald
Judd
Judd
With his striking and unique sculptures and installations, Donald Judd is a key figure of Minimalism alongside Dan Flavin and Robert Morris. This American artist contributed to shaping art in the second half of the 20th century with his artworks and theoretical writings.
Donald Judd entered the world of art through painting, but as he wrote in Specific Objects (1965), “the main thing wrong with painting is that it is a rectangular plane placed flat against the wall.” The artist thus turned to constructions in metal, plywood, cement, or colored Plexiglas. These geometrical installations have simple, repetitive geometric forms that are often based on mathematical concepts. Between sculpture, design and architecture, Donald Judd's artworks do not refer anything except themselves. Since the late 1960s, the artist has been promoting the permanent installation of his works in buildings he buys, rather than in multiple temporary exhibitions.
The Donald Judd artworks held in the Pinault Collection were presented for the first time in 2006 at the Where Are We Going? exhibition at Palazzo Grassi, in Venice.
Donald Judd entered the world of art through painting, but as he wrote in Specific Objects (1965), “the main thing wrong with painting is that it is a rectangular plane placed flat against the wall.” The artist thus turned to constructions in metal, plywood, cement, or colored Plexiglas. These geometrical installations have simple, repetitive geometric forms that are often based on mathematical concepts. Between sculpture, design and architecture, Donald Judd's artworks do not refer anything except themselves. Since the late 1960s, the artist has been promoting the permanent installation of his works in buildings he buys, rather than in multiple temporary exhibitions.
The Donald Judd artworks held in the Pinault Collection were presented for the first time in 2006 at the Where Are We Going? exhibition at Palazzo Grassi, in Venice.
