Special Exhibitions
Sol Lewitt
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Special Exhibitions |
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Sol Lewitt |
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The Artistic Process If the artist carries through his idea and makes it into visible form, then all the steps in the process are of importance. The idea itself, even if not made visual, is as much a work of art as any finished product. All intervening steps-scribbles, sketches, drawings, failed works, models, studies, thoughts, conversations-are of interest.--Sol LeWitt, 1967 The "open cube" that LeWitt began working with in the 1960s is the skeletal structure of the cube: twelve equal linear elements connected at eight corners. The Incomplete Open Cubes are all the variations of this form in which the linear elements have been sequentially removed. The fewest number of elements that implies a cube is three; eleven elements is the maximum before the cube is complete. No configuration of elements is repeated in the series. LeWitt first attempted to figure out all the variations on paper. The range of media in this exhibition-including working drawings, mechanical (schematic) drawings, an artist's book, 2-5/8-inch painted wood variations, and the 40-inch aluminum variations-are different ways of explaining the process and solutions LeWitt identified. Page 1 of 3 | On the next page: Variation |
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