"With the intention of creating straightforward work that could assume a direct material and physical ""presence"" without recourse to grand philosophical statements, Donald Judd (1928-1994) eschewed the classical ideals of representational sculpture to create a rigorous visual vocabulary that sought clear and definite objects as its primary mode of articulation. Judd's oeuvre has come to define what has been referred to as Minimal art-a label to which the artist strongly objected on the grounds of its generality. Flavin Judd is artistic director of Judd Foundation. He is the husband of psychoanalyst Michèle Judd, the father of three children, and the son of Donald Judd, whom he assisted in the making of spaces and the installation of art. For Judd Foundation, he oversees art installations, curatorial matters, and architectural projects, including the restoration of 101 Spring Street in New York and buildings in Marfa, Texas. He is co-editor of Donald Judd Writings. His films, art installations, and architectural designs have been recognized with awards. Caitlin Murray is director of Marfa programs and archivist at Judd Foundation. She is co-editor of Donald Judd Writings and The Present Order: Writings on the Work of Ian Hamilton Finlay(2011). Murray is co-owner of the Marfa Book Company, a bookstore; publisher; film, music, and performance space in Marfa, Texas. She is an advisory member of Yale Union."
The interviews, dated between 1964 and 1993, record a spectrum of the artist's attitudes, moods, recognition and facility at communicating his thinking. --Kenneth Baker The Art Newspaper [Donald Judd Interviews] is a must-have for anyone who self-identifies as an artist. --Lee Cutlip Inside Hook Crisp, clean, cool, no-frills, matter-of-fact... the same forthrightness characterizes two anthologies recently co-published by the Judd Foundation and David Zwirner Books. --Elizabeth Buhe The Brooklyn Rail In some ways, Judd was more prolific as a writer than as an artist. --Annie Armstrong ARTnews Judd's contributions in interviews, panels, and extemporaneous conversations are marked by his forthright manner and rigorous thinking, whether in dialogue with art critics, art historians, or his contemporaries. --Cal Revely-Calder Show on Show Judd's value to critics is in the economy of his style. He's elegant, and pleasurable, if slightly risky to read; tranches of Judd may cause the mental equivalent of shortness of breath. Redundant syllables don't exist. --Cal Revely-Calder Frieze Punchy, serious, comical, outlandish, Judd talks with drive and steely forthrightness about art, society, bad behavior... and a great deal more in this pleasingly unpredictable, 1000-page gathering of unbridled views. --Michael Glover Hyperallergic This is a beautiful brick of a book. It's got 88 color illustrations of Judd and Judd works - but honestly it's perfect for being stuck at home and away from the real thing... painting a loose-limbed and irascible picture of the artist known for his gleaming perfectionism. --Ben Davis Artnet News To read the new book Donald Judd Interviews is to encounter one of art history's greatest contrarians. --Alina Cohen Artsy