Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art

About this Work

Drawing upon his training in philosophy and art theory, Donald Judd developed a formal vocabulary based on serial geometry in the mid-1960s. He termed his three-dimensional constructions “specific objects,” indicating their refusal of the illusionism inherent in traditional painting and sculpture. Stacked boxes, which exist in various versions, were his signature artistic form. The reflective surfaces of the ten boxes displayed here emphasize the relationship of the geometric forms to the surrounding spatial environment. Although the boxes were industrially fabricated, Judd paid great attention to the selection of surface finish, color, and final installation.