This exhibition at the Judd Foundation in New York pairs together furniture by architect Alvar Aalto and paintings by sculptor John Chamberlain from late American artist Donald Judd's archive.
Called Aalto + Chamberlain, the showcase presents seven recently restored artworks by Chamberlain with Aalto-designed chairs, stools and tables.
The items were sourced from Judd's permanent collection, housed in the Judd Foundation's outpost in Marfa, Texas, which displays collected works next to many of his own pieces to create a "natural situation for viewing art".
"By placing Aalto furniture and Chamberlain paintings together, Judd created what was for him, a natural situation for viewing art in which one could, 'sit there and have a drink, or eat, or lie down, or read' and then 'look at the work,'" the Judd Foundation said.
Donald Judd's son Flavin Judd told Dezeen that exhibition at the New York outpost, which was formerly the artist's home and studio, is intended to mimic Judd's intention for the Marfa space.
"The combination of Don putting those two things together in the space in Marfa is its own thing that in itself is worth preserving," he said. "Because it's not enough to see pictures or to think about it, you have to actually be physically be in front of the things to feel them to understand them."
"It's about experiencing things in space and bringing them up to New York was a way to do that," Judd added.
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