Untitled 1978

Curator: Here we have an untitled work by Donald Judd, a minimalist sculptor known for his precise forms and industrial materials. This piece, housed at the Harvard Art Museums, measures about 56 by 69 centimeters. Editor: It strikes me as a study in absence. All these crisp lines attempting to define space, yet the interior remains a void. What do you think that suggests? Curator: Judd was interested in the object itself, not symbolism. He wanted to present something that was simply there, without narrative. The void is just that, a void. Editor: Perhaps it symbolizes potential, then? A blank canvas where meaning can be projected? Isn't that what art, even minimalist art, ultimately invites? Curator: I find myself gravitating to the simplicity, in any case. Editor: Perhaps the allure is in the reduction. I wonder what Judd really tried to imply with this object.