Specific Furniture

View of the Architecture Studio at Judd Foundation in Marfa.

Donald Judd  Architecture Studio, Judd Foundation, Marfa, Texas; ©

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)

July 2018

July 14–November 4, 2018

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presented Donald Judd: Specific Furniture. Referencing Judd’s notion of "specific objects," this exhibition explored his furniture practice in its own right. "Judd’s rigorous research and exploration of form and scale in his artworks extended into his interests in design and architecture. Truly a spatial practice, Judd’s holistic approach to the objects that he created and surrounded himself with is evident in his refined, if not nuanced, works," said Joseph Becker, associate curator of architecture and design at SFMOMA. The show included thirty furniture designs by Judd as well as twenty five drawings, selected furniture the artist collected, and designs fabricated by Donald Judd Furniture that visitors could touch and use.