lived in new york. began making furniture in 1973, when he moved from to marfa, in texas. the reason was practical, as he couldn’t find anything suitable locally – the first pieces he executed were beds for his children. the early furniture was executed with plain planks of pine. ‘I figured it out so I could tell the lumberyard what I wanted – four pieces, five feet long, three pieces, two feet long – and they would cut them for me. they wouldn’t do too many and they wouldn’t do anything fancy. they would just chop it up. for a long time the basic module was the width of the wood: 1x12s, 2x12s. for some racket of the lumberyards, the twelve inches were really eleven inches. most of the new work is in metric measurement.'said donal judd. later he worked in sheet metal. the wooden pieces are all still made by one fabricator who worked with judd and made the furniture to his specification. the metal is made of aluminium with a choice of 20 different coloured enamels. some pieces also come in copper which is particularly spectacular.

sheesh!
- bill 4-08-2007 10:28 pm [add a comment]

judd was very insistent that his furniture should not be seen as artist’s
furniture but as real furniture.

‘I’m very touchy about it being considered art. to me the chairs and
benches are perfectly comfortable, not hard and uncomfortable as
people sometimes seem to think they are.

sheesh!
- bill 4-08-2007 10:37 pm [add a comment]

I liked seeing some of his furniture in situ out in Marfa. The rooms are huge. It is pretty damn severe furniture.
- tom moody 4-08-2007 10:42 pm [add a comment]

so are picnic tables. texas pine rules!
- bill 4-08-2007 10:45 pm [add a comment]

i cant figure out whos behind posthumus issuing of the furniture line.
- bill 4-08-2007 10:49 pm [add a comment]

There was a gallery at 560 Broadway that used to sell it--I'm blanking on their name.
- tom moody 4-08-2007 10:55 pm [add a comment]