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"The use of Plexiglas exposes the interior, so the volume is opened up... It is fairly logical to open it up so the interior can be viewed. It makes it less mysterious, less ambiguous. I'm also interested in what might be called the blank areas, or just plain areas, and what is seen obliquely, so the colour and the plane and the face are somewhat obscure to the front. It's the other way round when seeing the side. In most of my pieces there are no front and no sides - it depends on the viewing position of the observer" (Interview between John Coplans and Donald Judd reproduced in Don Judd, exh. cat., Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena 1971, pp. 36-37).