Comparing Puryear And Booker T Washington

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Both artists identify themselves as Minimalists, "whose goal was to rid art of the abstract expressionists' reliance on the self-referential trace of the painter in order to form pieces that were free from emotion"(The Art Story 1). Ladder for Booker T Washington has a traditionalists style, and compared to Untitled, the do not compare. Judd's style In this work, as well as numerous others, takes in a modernist style, that lacks meaning or value. The two could be viewed as the same thing; a ladder. On one side, Puryear, it is a literal ladder that the viewer can physically and clearly see, and on the other hand, Judd, it is a figurative ladder. Meaning, that I could be a ladder and because of it's material, lighting, and positioning, one can view it in such a way. Ladder for Booker T Washington, has a known social context, which is the progress made for the African American race since slavery and the ongoing trials, tribulations, and acknowledgments still remain. While Puryear's work has a clear social contest, Untitled does

For Puryear's work, it wouldn't have been as impactful if it was smaller. For Judd's work, the way it was scaled just allows more room for interpretation for the viewer. If it would have been smaller, the options for it's interpretation could have been affected. For both works the implied lines are upward. In Ladder for Booker T Washington, the implied lines are upward toward the source of light at the top. For Untitled, the implied line are just upward, the color from the Plexiglass reflected rom the light gives an implied line upward. Puryear's work involves no outside color, other than the wood, to support it's context, but in Judd's work the color is I important, because it supplies the implied lines and compliments the reflection of light off of the