The Art Girls were recently in NYC for the annual Arts Week. While we were there we visited Donald Judd's recently re-opened studio and home at 101 Spring Street. Continuing our education on all things Donald Judd, we were excited to visit this space since having visited Marfa a few years ago.
Judd purchased the building, a former textile factory and storefront in 1968 for $68,000. He llived and worked here prior to moving west to Marfa in 1974. The building has undergone a renovation over the past several years. Despite this, the building seemed as Judd left it, funky floors, old wavy glass windows, beautiful light and art, only now one looks out over the Ben Sherman store instead of the industrial activity of the late 1960s but it definitely kept the flavor of bohemian SoHo. And oh, the amazing art! WOW!
(Note: there were no photos allowed inside the building so I want to fully disclose that most of these pix are from a pack of postcards purchased at 101 Spring Street.)
 |
| First floor is an exhibition space, currently seen are 2 of Judd's works but in the day, he often curated works of other artists here. |
 |
| Second floor is the living space with a kitchen, dining table. Ad Reinhardt painting on the right. |
 |
| Third floor was Judd's studio, complete with a Stella protractor series painting on the left. |
 |
| The fourth floor houses the sleeping area for Judd and a smaller sleeping loft for his children. A Dan Flavin sculpture runs the length of the entire building. You can also see an early Judd box, an Oldenburg soft sculpture and a very scary Lucas Samaras box right sits right above the pillow. |
 |
| The bedroom as seen at night. Also on view is an early John Chamberlain sculpture far right. |
All that minimalism put us in the mood for a crustacean feast. Good thing Balthazar was only a short walk on Spring Street. Joining us was our friend and former Marfa citizen, Marella Consollini.
You can check out more information about Donald Judd at:
