ART & DESIGN

Open Book

Actress and artist Rainer Judd shares her diary with New York.

by Kat Herriman

Rainer Judd for Rag and Bone

Not far from her father, minimalist master Donald Judd’s townhouse-turned-museum in SoHo, Rainer Judd is festooning the façade of Rag & Bone’s Houston Street boutique with pages from her diary. Running through the beginning of February, the two-month-long project began with Judd handing over her artful journals to the brand’s creative team, who culled a selection of entries to share. “When it started out I didn’t know how interesting it would be,” explains Judd, who braved freezing temperatures to install a new page every three days. “It was enlightening to see what connected. ” Whimsical and striking, her journals are filled with poems, phrases, and paint streaks, all of which offer a window into her imagination. Her first adventure into pasting, Judd hit a learning curve, but it was nothing her friend Marc Azoulay, who serves as studio manager for the artist JR, couldn’t help her with. “We borrowed their scaffolding every time [we installed],” says Judd. Attracting a following on Instagram and a flurry of spray painted tags, the conversational aspect of the project engaged Judd the most. “I’m a real advocate of journaling, I realize,” she says. “If I could I would just give blank books away.” We’d prefer she lend us a chapter out of her beautiful book instead.

Photos: Open Book

Rainer Judd for Rag & Bone. Courtesy of the artist.

Rainer Judd for Rag & Bone. Courtesy of the artist.

Rainer Judd for Rag & Bone. Courtesy of the artist.

Rainer Judd for Rag & Bone. Courtesy of the artist.

Rainer Judd for Rag & Bone. Courtesy of the artist.

Rainer Judd for Rag & Bone. Courtesy of the artist.

Rainer Judd for Rag & Bone. Courtesy of the artist.

Rainer Judd for Rag & Bone. Courtesy of the artist.

Rainer Judd for Rag & Bone. Courtesy of the artist.

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