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Donald Judd (1928–94) trained as a painter before turning to sculpture in the early 1960s. He became a leading figure in Minimalism, rejecting traditional composition, illusion, and symbolism in favour of geometric clarity, industrial materials, and real space.

This large wooden floor-based rectangular structure is painted in cadmium red and placed directly on the floor, featuring a diagonal division that creates a stepped formation. A sheet of purple Plexiglas introduces a shiny and translucent element that interacts with light and space. The slanted interior and reflective surfaces invite close attention, prompting questions about perception and material presence. Judd described such works as “specific objects”—neither painting nor sculpture—designed to be encountered on their own terms, grounded in physical reality.