> As to the minimalists, I guess I'm a quick study--it doesn't take very long
> to "get" the attack-sustain of an organ, or the modular strategy. Once I do
> the rest seems to be telling the same story over and over.
With Judd, Mark, I think you are discounting or not paying attention to the
actual quality of the materials. Whether the choice of plywood or metal and
applied, they are often exquisite - and he goes a long way - as a maker - to
achieve that quality. Of course, the "modular' shape he gives them supports
that 'goal.' He's is in a tradition - I sense - of transcendentalism.
"Behold and be arisen."
I did not use to like Judd. Not now. DIA at Beacon, New York, is an
extraordinary shrine to minimalism (tho there is non-m stuff there to.) But
'transcendent' is the only way, I suspect, one can home from a solid visit
there.
Stephen V
http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
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