120. SOL LEWITT
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Wall Drawing #1139: Forms composed of
bands of black and white, 2004Acrylic Paint
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Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing #1138: Forms composed of bands of color, 2004Acrylic paint Installation dimensions variable |
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Geometric Structures, 1979Painted hardwood with plywood bases
365,76 x 320,04 x 35,56 cm. |
BIO & STEPS
Born:
In
1928 in in Hartford Connecticut. He died in
2007 in New York.
Studies:
1949 Syracuse University, BFA
Themes and
style:
LeWitt
is regarded as a founder of both Minimal and Conceptual art.His prolific two
and three-dimensional work ranges from wall drawings (over 1200 of which have
been executed) to hundreds of works on paper extending to structures in the
form of towers, pyramids, geometric forms, and progressions. These works range
in size from gallery-sized installations to monumental outdoor pieces. LeWitt’s
first serial sculptures were created in the 1960s using the modular form of the
square in arrangements of varying visual complexity. In 1979, LeWitt participated
in the design for the Lucinda Childs Dance Company's piece Dance.
Techniques:
He was
prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, photography,
and painting
Exhibitions:
He has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions
in museums and galleries around the world since 1965.
Representative
Galleries:
Lisson Gallery
Pace Gallery
Barbara Krakow Gallery
In
his own words:
“The
reason I think the art of the ’60s is valuable, both the Duchampian and the
non-Duchampian models, is that it freed art from the formal and aesthetic. It
allowed art to move toward the narrative. Instead of the aestheticism and
formalism of modernism, art became politicized, then socialized, then
sexualized.”
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