Title:
Untitled
Creator/Contributor:
Donald Judd (artist)
Date:
1978
Identifier:
1978.10
Format:
plywood
Since the mid-1960s, Judd has used the basic form of a box to create works that refer insistently to themselves. His sculptures
typically express the most simple relationships of planes and volumes, and are created with ordinary, industrially manufactured
materials. About his work, Judd wrote:
"A shape, a volume, a color, a surface is something itself. It shouldn't be concealed as part of a fairly different whole.
The shapes and materials shouldn't be altered by their context....I wanted work that didn't involve incredible assumptions
about everything. I couldn't begin to think about the order of the universe or the nature of American society. I didn't want
work that was general or universal in the usual sense. I didn't want it to claim too much."