Mr. Judd's move to three dimensions is summarized by two very different works from 1963: an aluminum - faced relief drilled with a grid of tiny holes whose top and bottom edges curve outward aggressively, and a floor box
painted cadmium red light for maximum visual effect.
[ok for week no. 2 meeting] white paper 90 lb smooth, notebook is fine exacto or utility knife rubber cement straight edge or ruler fashion magazines, instructions in class to follow commercial
paint supply color strips, instructions in class to follow titanium white or equivalent gouache french ultramarine blue gouache cobalt blue gouache cerulean blue gouache veridian green gouache
cadmium red medium alizarin crimson gouache magenta gouache
cadmium yellow
light gouache
cadmium yellow deep gouache raw sienna gouache lamp black or equivalent gouache 2 glass containers with lids for water plastic
paint palette with dividers 2 - 3
paint brushes including small round tip, medium flat, example # 8 flat or equivalent small spray bottle [facial atomizers are good] clean rag or paper towel
Visually anchored by winding areas of yellow and crimson on the right and left respectively, the
painting bursts with
cadmium red, olive and forest greens,
light gray, and the occasional dash of deep blue.
He had smeared a line of
cadmium red light on a strip of masking tape that divided a vertical canvas
painted cadmium red deep into two halves, creating a bilaterally symmetrical image of solid color.