“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed.
Today: Blocks
We know from his work in West Texas that Donald Judd was inspired by and took from this landscape. Below are pictures of a train headed into Marfa, paired with Judd’s multicolored works. I could write more, but I’ll let these images speak for themselves.
A pine studio table designed by Judd under an untitled 1984 wall piece by the artist in his Art Studio at the Judd Foundation in Marfa, Texas. Photo: Martien Mulder for WSJ. Magazine. Artwork: Untitled, 1984, Pulver on Aluminum; Donald Judd Art © 2017 Judd Foundation Ars/NY.
Donald Judd, Untitled, 1985, Enameled aluminum. Installation view from Donald Judd: The Multicolored Works, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 2013
An untitled sculpture by Donald Judd
Entrance Gallery view of Donald Judd: The Multicolored Works, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts. Photograph by Florian Holzherr. Art © Judd Foundation. Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else is also working on that idea. Furthermore, they are using notation very similar to yours. – Bruce J. MacLennan
