Space
Untitled is one of Donald Judd’s first works that cannot be viewed at a single glance. It is too large for that. Under the artist's supervision, six identical ‘boxes’ were mechanically produced from chipboard sheets. The size of the sheets determines the size of each component: 260 x 260 x 260 cm. The work is only ‘complete’ when you walk past it and change viewpoints. Untitled is above all a spatial experience. It is about dimensions and proportions, size and scale and about changing perspectives.
Chance
In Eva Hesse’s monumental Accretion, repetition of form is also the basic principle, but Hesse has handcrafted the individual elements herself. It appears as if she simply placed fifty tubes against the wall. Carl Andre and Robert Morris make even more obvious use of chance. In Morris’ Untitled (143), the shape of the sculpture is created by gravity only when it is installed.
Sculpture gallery in the Quist wing
The sculpture gallery is part of the museum wing designed by Wim Quist. This wing opened on 11 June 1977. With this extension, the museum gained a place for large, space-defining sculptures by minimal artists. It also gave an impetus to new acquisitions. For example, the sculptures by Carl Andre, Eva Hesse, Sol LeWitt and Robert Morris were all added to the collection in the 1970s.
Read more about the museum in the 1970s in our Timeline