Complete Writings 1959-1975

Donald Judd's uncompromising art reviews avoid the familiar generalizations so often associated with the styles emerging during the 1950s and 1960s. This book is not a mere survey of the art produced and exhibited during that period. Instead, Judd discusses in detail the work of more than five hundred artists showing in New York at that time and provides a critical account of this significant era in American art. While addressing the social and political ramifications of art production, the writings focus on the work of Jackson Pollock, Kasimir Malevich, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, John Chamberlain, Larry Poons, Kenneth Noland, and Claes Oldenburg. The essay Specific Objects (1965), which by now has to be considered as one of the essential discussions of sculptural thought in the 1960s, is included, as well as Judd's notorious polemical essay, Imperialism, Nationalism, Regionalism (1975), published here for the first time. Three hundred reproductions as well as an extensive index accompany the text.

Introduction

vii

Reviews for Art News, September - November 1959

1

(5)

Reviews for Arts, December 1959 - June 1960

6

(24)

October 1960 - January 1961

21

(9)

Bookreview: Jackson Pollock by Bryan Robertson

30

(1)

Reviews for Arts, February - May/June 1961

31

(10)

Reviews for Arts Magazine, January - May/June 1962

41

(22)

September 1962

54

(6)

December 1962

60

(3)

New York City - A World Art Center

63

(2)

Reviews for Arts Magazine, January - February 1963

65

(11)

Kandinsky in his Citadel

76

(2)

Reviews for Arts Magazine, March 1963

78

(3)

Letters to the Editor, Arts Magazine, March 1963, April 1963

81

(1)

Reviews for Arts Magazine, April - May/June 1963

81

(21)

September - November 1963

91

(11)

Bookreview: Interaction of Color by Josef Albers

102

(1)

Kansas City Report

103

(2)

Reviews for Arts Magazine, December 1963

105

(3)

Chamberlain: another view

108

(2)

Reviews for Arts Magazine, January - February 1964

110

(6)

Facsimile of Editor's page from Arts Magazine and Letter to the Editor, March 1964

116

(1)

Letters

117

(1)

Black, White and Gray

117

(3)

Reviews for Arts Magazine, March - April 1964

120

(6)

Letter to the Editor, Arts Magazine, May/June 1964

126

(1)

Review for Arts Magazine, May/June 1964

127

(3)

At the Fair

130

(1)

Reviews for Arts Magazine, September - December 1964

131

(17)

Local History

148

(8)

Reviews for Arts Magazine, January - March 1965

156

(14)

Facsimiles of correspondence with Art International

170

(2)

Reviews for Art International, April 1965

172

(6)

Lee Bontecou

178

(2)

Reviews for Art International, May 1965

180

(1)

Statement

181

(1)

Specific Objects

181

(9)

John Chamberlain

190

(1)

Statement

190

(1)

Claes Oldenburg

191

(2)

Statements

193

(1)

Jackson Pollock

193

(2)

Answers in response to questions ``Artists on Museums''

195

(1)

Statements

196

(1)

Complaints: part I

197

(2)

Aspects of Flavin's Work

199

(1)

Barnett Newman

200

(2)

General Statement, WOHO and Greater Westbeth for Newspaper-Lower Manhattan Township, January; April; May 1971

202

(3)

Quotes for War Resisters League

205

(2)

Complaints: part II

207

(4)

Malevich: Independent Form, Color, Surface

211

(5)

To Encourage Sculpture

216

(1)

Letter to the Editor, Arts Magazine, February 1967 Letter to Irving Sandler

217

(1)

Facsimile of advertisement from The Aspen Times, August 29, 1968

218

(2)

Imperialism, Nationalism and Regionalism

220

(5)

Index

225

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