Author: Thomas Kellein
Title: Donald Judd: Early Work 1955-1968
Description: NY, D.A.P. (Distributed Art Publishers), 2002. Hardcover. Orange boards. 157 pp. Profuse color plates. Published in conjunction with exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, May 5 to July 21, 2002 in Germany and a 2002-2003 exhibition in Houston. Catalogue lists 116 works. The Panoramas Gallery organized his first solo exhibition in 1957, at a time in which he was still focused on painting, yet moving from the flat picture plane towards the third dimension. His cadmium red pictures cut through with stripes or incisions led the viewer to perceive space as self-evident. From there Judd moved toward a complete abandonment of painting, recognizing, in the early 60s, that "actual space is intrinsically more powerful and specific than paint on a flat surface." His switch from painting to sculpture was coincident with a growing interest in architecture and in industrial processes and materials, such as galvanized steel, concrete, plywood, and aluminum, which he used to create large, hollow, Minimalist sculptures. Documented here for the first time is this very crucial development, from the early work of the 1950s to 1968, the point at which Judd's artistic vocabulary reached its complete formation. Numerous works, including previously unrecorded paintings, sculptures, sketches, and works on paper, appear here alongside unpublished documents and texts by Judd himself. VG: Exlibrary book. Sticker at the base of the spine and on the back pasted end page. In great shape, with clean pages and solid binding.

Keywords: American Artists ; Judd, Donald ; ;


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