Donald Judd’s uncompromising reviews avoid the familiar generalizations so often associated with the then emerging styles, but instead deal with blow-by-blow accounts of the works of more than 500 artists showing in New York during the late 50’s and mid 60’s. This book is not a mere survey of the art produced and exhibited during that time, but a critical account of this period in art in America. Besides the programmatic texts where Judd addresses social and political ramifications, the reader will find a focus on the work of Jackson Pollock, Kasimir Malevich, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, John Chamberlain, Larry Poons, Kenneth Noland, and Claes Oldenburg. Donald Judd’s essay ‘Specific Objects’ (1965), which by now has to be considered as one of the essential definitions of sculptural thought in the 60’s, is included as well as his notorious polemical essay - published here for the first time - ‘Imperialism, Nationalism, Regionalism’ (1975). 300 reproductions accompany the text and an extensive index is included.