Donald Judd Writings is the most comprehensive collection of Judd's written work assembled to date, gathering published essays, unpublished manuscripts, college writings, and hundreds of never-before-seen handwritten notes into a single 1,056-page volume.
About This Book
Judd's reputation as a writer has long been overshadowed by his sculpture, yet his critical output — from art reviews written for hire in the 1960s through to his most personal notes — shaped the terms of art criticism for a generation. This collection restores the full arc of that intellectual life. His undergraduate essays from Columbia University, published here for the first time, reveal the foundations of a critical style that would later redefine how minimalist art was understood and argued for. The unpublished notes, transcribed from handwritten originals, traverse politics, literature, and aesthetics, showing a mind that worked through problems rather than resolved them. For anyone engaged with postwar art history, contemporary art criticism, or Judd's design and architecture practice, this is an irreplaceable primary source.
Key Features
- 1,056 pages of essays, art criticism, unpublished manuscripts, college writings, letters, and handwritten notes
- Edited by Flavin Judd and Caitlin Murray
- Co-published with Judd Foundation
- Published by MACK, ISBN 9780578634326
What You'll Discover
- Judd's earliest published art criticism from the 1960s, which established the critical language of minimalism and defined a generation of art writing
- Previously unpublished undergraduate essays from Columbia University that trace the formation of Judd's intellectual method from its earliest point
- Hundreds of handwritten notes transcribed for the first time, covering politics, literary texts, and aesthetic questions — Judd thinking at his least mediated
- Rare and limited-edition texts that have remained largely unavailable since their original publication, now gathered into a single authoritative edition
About the Author
This volume is edited by Flavin Judd and Caitlin Murray, working in association with the Judd Foundation, which stewards Donald Judd's artistic and intellectual legacy. Donald Judd (1928–1994) was among the most significant American artists of the twentieth century, whose critical writing proved as consequential as his three-dimensional work in shaping postwar art discourse.
Specifications
- Format: Silkscreened linen paperback
- Pages: 1,056
- Dimensions: 10.8 x 17.8cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9780578634326
- Publisher: MACK, co-published with Judd Foundation
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Art historians, critics, and curators working with postwar and minimalist art; architects and designers engaging with Judd's spatial thinking; collectors and scholars requiring a definitive primary source on one of contemporary art's most formidable critical minds.