Art © Donald Judd Foundation/Bildupphovsrätt 2024, Sweden/VAGA, New York
Untitled
by Donald Judd
Artist
Donald Judd
(USA, 1928 - 1994)
Alternate Title
- Utan titel
Date1965
MediumGalvanized steel
Dimensions297,7 × 101,6 × 76,2 cm (117 3/16 × 40 × 30 in.)
ClassificationSculptures
Credit LinePurchase 1966
Countries
Object NumberNMSK 1927
CollectionsMaterialitet
The artwork is not on display
About the artwork"Half or more of the best works that have been produced in the last few years are neither paintings nor sculptures." That is what Donald Judd wrote in 1965, and as examples he mentions Frank Stella's paintings which take their outer form from their subject, Claes Oldenburg's gigantic everyday objects and Robert Rauschenberg's Monogram, which he calls "the goat with a tire round its belly". What Judd means, though he doesn't say it directly, is that his own work should also be included in this third category which he calls "significant objects".
What, then, does the figure seven in his Untitled, dated 1956 tell us? And what direct influence does galvanised iron have on the soul? By using industrial material, which is not charged with values, expectations and concepts in the same way as marble, bronze or oil paint on canvas are, Judd and the Minimalists want us to see the forms without switching on our cultivated habit of seeing "fine art". These works are not in any direct way reminiscent of the human body. Nor do they bear traces of the artist's hand, or of any specific artistic creative method of any kind. By repeating in series instead of combining in compositions, Judd avoids a situation in which he says something, and we listen. "What you see is what you see" as the artist Frank Stella stated.
Instead the works are here, here and now, and speak for themselves, or are - in their own existence - sufficient unto themselves.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Box 2, på inre sidans sidovägg: "JUDD 65" Box 5, på inre sidan: " JUDD 65 " Selected exhibition history Jan Håfströms urval ur MM:s samlingar (1994-1995) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2010 - Dubbla budskap (2010) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Implosion. Ett postmodernt perspektiv / A Postmodern Perspective (1987-1988) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Objekt och kroppar i vila och rörelse (den 26 september 2015 - den 12 juni 2016) Moderna Museet Malmö Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Den inre och den yttre rymden / en utställning rörande en universell konst (1965-1966) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Implosion : ett postmodernt perspektiv : [Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 24/10 1987 - 10/1 1988]Den inre och den yttre rymden : en utställning rörande en universell konst : [Moderna Museet : 26 december 1965 - 13 februari 1966]
What, then, does the figure seven in his Untitled, dated 1956 tell us? And what direct influence does galvanised iron have on the soul? By using industrial material, which is not charged with values, expectations and concepts in the same way as marble, bronze or oil paint on canvas are, Judd and the Minimalists want us to see the forms without switching on our cultivated habit of seeing "fine art". These works are not in any direct way reminiscent of the human body. Nor do they bear traces of the artist's hand, or of any specific artistic creative method of any kind. By repeating in series instead of combining in compositions, Judd avoids a situation in which he says something, and we listen. "What you see is what you see" as the artist Frank Stella stated.
Instead the works are here, here and now, and speak for themselves, or are - in their own existence - sufficient unto themselves.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Box 2, på inre sidans sidovägg: "JUDD 65" Box 5, på inre sidan: " JUDD 65 " Selected exhibition history Jan Håfströms urval ur MM:s samlingar (1994-1995) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2010 - Dubbla budskap (2010) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Implosion. Ett postmodernt perspektiv / A Postmodern Perspective (1987-1988) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Objekt och kroppar i vila och rörelse (den 26 september 2015 - den 12 juni 2016) Moderna Museet Malmö Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Den inre och den yttre rymden / en utställning rörande en universell konst (1965-1966) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Implosion : ett postmodernt perspektiv : [Moderna Museet, Stockholm : 24/10 1987 - 10/1 1988]Den inre och den yttre rymden : en utställning rörande en universell konst : [Moderna Museet : 26 december 1965 - 13 februari 1966]