Solomon LeWitt
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Solomon "Sol" LeWitt was a seminal American artist and a primary figure in the Conceptual Art and Minimalism movements. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, to Russian Jewish immigrants, he received a Bachelor of Fine Art from Syracuse University in 1949. LeWitt is most renowned for his "wall drawings," which were often executed by others following a specific set of written instructions, thereby emphasizing the concept or "idea" as the fundamental work of art. His practice also extended to large-scale sculptures, geometric installations, and printmaking, all characterized by a rigorous exploration of seriality, mathematical logic, and spatial geometry. A pioneer of the artist's book, LeWitt's work reflects a shift from the artist's physical hand to the primacy of the generative process.[1,2,3,4,5]
- Conceptual art
- Minimalism
- Wall drawings
- Geometric patterns
- Seriality
- Instructions
Books
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Autobiography: Sol LeWitt 1980€220.00
Works by Solomon LeWitt
- 1980 Autobiography: Sol LeWitt 1980 An artist's book featuring a photographic dictionary of his space on Hester Street.
- 1968 Wall Drawing #1 One of the first of his famous wall drawings.
- 1971 Structures That Make Themselves Early conceptual sculpture.
Exhibitions
- 1999 Sol LeWitt: Incomplete Open Cubes