Donald Judd's Accomplishments

Nouf Aljarallah

Benjamin Bratton

VIS 159

21 March 2018

Donald Judd and archticutre and space Donald Judd, an innovative leader known for his work in the minimalist movement, architecture and design, was a man who rejected a lot of the ideas surrounding traditional artwork and the emotions that played in. Judd was also a big part of postwar art and he would often work with a lot of geometric shapes and industrialized materials to create his artworks in large spaces. His art was simple and misunderstood by some, but his ideas definitely had an influence into many different sectors of art. This paper will take a deep look into the life of Donald Judd as well as why he created art in the way and shape that he chose. The technologies that he uses

He started out as a painter like many artists at that time and went on to study philosophy and art history at Columbia University after serving in the United States Army (Judd Foundation). The world-renowned artist started out with painting and later moved away from two-dimension work to work in three-dimension and the use of space within the scope of a project. From 1959 to 1965, Judd wrote art criticism while working on his sculptures and properties. Later, he bought a large building in New York in 1968 to begin completing permanent installations (The Art Story). It was around this same time that Judd rose in popularity both domestically as well as internationally. His shows and exhibitions drew large crowds in New York especially and his success ensured his place in the art scene for years to come and even still today. At the time. he would fill his homes with permanent works in the hopes that they would live on far past his

The minimalistic piece was two red squares connected by six wooden bars while a seventh bar, right in the middle and made of aluminum rather than wood, was painted blue and shaped as a cylinder rather than squared (Judd Foundation). Personally, I believe that this piece is showing how industrialization and standardization in society will not stop the creative qualities in all people. Someone will always stand out against the rest and no matter how hard anyone tries to make things even and standard, something will always deviate from the plan. This piece is also an indication that Judd understands that artwork does not have to be perfect and symmetrical in order to be classified as minimalistic or industrialized, rather it is up to the interpretation of the viewer and