Donald Judd

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Donald Judd

Minimalist Artist


I have compared Donald Judd’s works with Richard Serra’s works. They are both Minimalist artists and they mostly use similar matrerial. Both of the artists think of the context before making the installation. They then tell a workshop or a factory about this installation. For example what it will look like, what the material will be and how big it will be. Then the workshop or the factory creates the installations and hands it to the artists. Later according to their sizes the installations are transported to the areas which they will be presented. The difference between the two artists is that Donald Judd usually created really small sculptures compared to Richard Serra’s installations. Judd’s works are usually mounted on walls inside galleries whereas Serra’s sculptures are placed at public spaces such as squares and plazas. The reason for these two artist to make someone else to create their work rather than making them themselves is that these installations are usually made of metal which is hard to craft. Judd usually used aluminum, steel, plexiglass, plywood and concrete. Serra used steel and other metal types. The “Untitled”, (1969-91) series of Donald Judd is mostly made of aluminum and plexiglass. These installations usually consist of straight lines and simple geometric shapes forming boxlike sculptures which has volume.

Richard Serra’s installations usally consist of rusted steel sheets. He usually bends them and places them upright. His most known sculpture is the “Tilted Arc”, (1981) which was placed at a plaza in front of the New York City Hall. The rusty sheet was drawing an arc and weighed 73 tons. This example of Serra’s work shows us that he gives a volume by giving it an arc to one side. This arc also helps the structure to resist gravity and collapse. In his other work “Torqued Ellipses”, he has several steel sheets transformed into ellipses. These ...