Making the especially long trek to the deep West Texas desert outpost of Marfa is a pilgrimage for many in the art world. The especially remote town was ‘discovered’ by the late, great Donald Judd during his time in the US Army and, by the mid-1970s, was all but transformed into his ultimate masterpiece; a sprawling complex of 16 post-industrial and military buildings repurposed into a laboratory, living space, and installation all wrapped into one. Making the most of the unending amount of space here, he was able to fully articulate his inherent understanding of divine proportion and geometric clarity; a still-potent philosophy that transcends the traditional definitions of art, architecture, and design.
