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Email PageDonald Judd: Woodcuts and Reliefs
November 29, 2007- January 19, 2008
Donald Judd
Mary Ryan Gallery
527 W 26th St Donald Judd Untitled (1989) |  Donald Judd Untitled (Cadmium Red Light) (1988) |
Color in Judd’s prints, in contrast to his three dimensional work, becomes increasingly important, not just in and of itself, but in defining form and content. The compositional simplicity of the woodcuts in this exhibition allows the color to become an intense and unyielding presence.
This exhibition includes multiple series of woodcuts completed between 1988 and 1994. Judd’s prints, like his sculpture, are explorations of objects. In reducing objects to their basic geometry, Judd is able to examine variations and possibilities within the same form. The works are part of a series with no specified beginning or end; each one is independent, yet an equal part of a continuing study.
On view in the main gallery are two series of ten color woodcuts, one in cadmium red and one in ivory black, that present differing views of the rectangle. Beginning with a rectangular form in the center of each sheet of paper, the shape is divided and reflected to yield a series of complementary prints. The precision and clarity in these works are characteristic throughout Judd’s oeuvre, and the pairing of inverse images evinces Judd’s pursuit of integration and wholeness. A third set of ten prints, a more polychromatic example of Judd’s late work is also on view. In this particular set each sheet of paper is divided into 12 squares. Unlike the 1988 sets where a shape of a single color is placed against the background of blank paper, here Judd chooses to pair contrasting colors and reverse them (black, blue, purple, red, orange, yellow, and green). The resulting prints are distinguished spatially by color rather than geometric partitioning.
Two unique wood wall reliefs (in clear) from 1989 are on view in gallery three. These two reliefs are part of a series of sculptures that explore the permutations created by the arrangements of lines, as in the series of 26 woodcuts from 1961-63. Judd collaborated with fabricators and master printers to ensure precision and accuracy in the execution of his works in all media. In this sense, the prints and three dimensional works have much in common: while the materials have changed, the conceptual foundation remains the same.
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