Books by Donald Judd
“Judd felt this deep need to critically justify and theorize around his work. So he wrote this essay called ‘Specific Objects,’ in which he drew a circle around this group of ‘Minimalist’ artists, but instead of calling their art ‘minimal,’ he says, no, these artists are making specific objects … the great line in the essay is an artwork “needs only to be interesting.” Like, creating visual interest is the only necessary goal of the artwork.” Read more...
Kyle Chayka, Art Historians, Critics & Curator
Interviews where books by Donald Judd were recommended
The best books on Minimalism, recommended by Kyle Chayka
In times of political or personal turmoil, there’s a tendency to seek solace in stripping back life to its bare essentials. Minimalist thought is threaded through Stoicism and Zen Buddhism; absence and space became major preoccupations of 1960s US art. Kyle Chayka, the art critic and author of The Longing for Less, recommends five books on the philosophy that underpins the present fad for minimalist self-help.
