Donald Judd, Hong Kong, October 13–November 13, 2021

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Works Exhibited

Donald Judd, untitled, 1965. Galvanized iron, 6 × 27 × 24 inches (15.2 × 68.6 × 61 cm) © 2021 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Rob McKeever — Donald Judd
untitled, 1965
Galvanized iron, 6 × 27 × 24 inches (15.2 × 68.6 × 61 cm)
© 2021 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Rob McKeever

Donald Judd, untitled, 1988. Clear anodized aluminum with black plexiglass, 9 ⅞ × 39 ⅜ × 9 ⅞ inches (25 × 100 × 25 cm) © 2021 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Martin Wong — Donald Judd
untitled, 1988
Clear anodized aluminum with black plexiglass, 9 ⅞ × 39 ⅜ × 9 ⅞ inches (25 × 100 × 25 cm)
© 2021 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Martin Wong

Donald Judd, untitled, 1989. Painted aluminum, 11 ¾ × 47 ¼ × 11 ¾ inches (29.8 × 120 × 29.8 cm) © 2021 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Rob McKeever — Donald Judd
untitled, 1989
Painted aluminum, 11 ¾ × 47 ¼ × 11 ¾ inches (29.8 × 120 × 29.8 cm)
© 2021 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Rob McKeever

Thumbnail - Donald Judd, untitled, 1965. Galvanized iron, 6 × 27 × 24 inches (15.2 × 68.6 × 61 cm) © 2021 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Rob McKeever

Thumbnail - Donald Judd, untitled, 1988. Clear anodized aluminum with black plexiglass, 9 ⅞ × 39 ⅜ × 9 ⅞ inches (25 × 100 × 25 cm) © 2021 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Martin Wong

Thumbnail - Donald Judd, untitled, 1989. Painted aluminum, 11 ¾ × 47 ¼ × 11 ¾ inches (29.8 × 120 × 29.8 cm) © 2021 Judd Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Rob McKeever

About

Actual space is intrinsically more powerful and specific than paint on a flat surface.
—Donald Judd

Gagosian is pleased to present the first solo exhibition dedicated to Donald Judd (1928–1994) in Hong Kong. Judd played a central role in defining the art of his time, and his work continues to be influential today. The exhibition will feature significant pieces from the 1960s through the 1990s and is the gallery’s first presentation of Judd’s work since announcing its representation of the artist and Judd Foundation in September.

The exhibition highlights a selection of Judd’s single-unit wall pieces from 1965 through 1991. They are made with some of the primary elements in his material vocabulary: galvanized iron, colored plexiglass, plywood, anodized aluminum, and painted aluminum. The carefully proportioned forms of the works emphasize the intrinsic qualities of their materials and the relationships between their parts and the whole.

Also on view in Hong Kong are two floor pieces from 1989 made from unpainted Douglas fir plywood. Defined by their horizontal and vertical planes, with segments arranged on a diagonal, these works’ precise internal division transforms their occupation of space and effectively channels light and shade. As such, they typify the way in which the structural clarity of Judd’s art heightens perceptual exchange between the work, its surroundings, and the viewer.

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From the Quarterly

In Conversation
Eileen Costello, Marta Kuzma, and Caitlin Murray on Donald Judd: Paintings

Art historian Eileen Costello and Yale School of Art professor Marta Kuzma discuss Donald Judd’s two-dimensional work and how the lessons he learned from the innovations of Abstract Expressionist and Color Field paintings permeate his entire body of work. Their conversation is moderated by Caitlin Murray, director of archives and programs at Judd Foundation.

In Conversation
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Peter Ballantine, Donald Judd’s longtime fabricator of plywood works, and Martha Buskirk, professor of art history and criticism at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts, discuss the development, production, and history of the largest plywood construction Judd ever made, an untitled work from 1980.

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There Is No Neutral Space: The Architecture of Donald Judd, Part 1

Julian Rose explores the question: what does it mean for an artist to make architecture? Delving into the archives of Donald Judd, he examines three architectural projects by the artist. Here, in the first installment of a two-part essay, he begins with an invitation in Bregenz, Austria, in the early 1990s, before turning to an earlier project, in Marfa, Texas, begun in 1979.

Behind the Art
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Donald Judd: Artwork: 1980

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