Sol LeWitt

Description:

In the 1960s LeWitt began investigating the cube—a form that remained an essential element of his artistic language throughout his career. But in 1973, the artist started to literally take the cube apart. The Conceptual artist’s exploration places emphasis on the idea rather than the art object, and so LeWitt asked: how many variations could be created by systematically subtracting parts from an open cube? For months he painstakingly worked through the artistic process and idea, and concluded with 122 variations of incomplete open cubes. The sculpture Incomplete Open Cube 6/19 represents the nineteenth variation of a six-edged open cube.

subjects: Cube in art,  American Prints,  Site-specific installations (Art),  Exhibitions,  Color in art,  Conceptual art,  Criticism and interpretation,  Geometrical drawing,  United States,  Artists,  American Mural painting and decoration,  White in art,  Line (Art),  General,  Art & Art Instruction,  Art, modern, 20th century, exhibitions,  Art, american,  Art, exhibitions,  Art, catalogs,  Wall drawing (Conceptual art),  Studio G7,  Artists, united states

People: Sol Lewitt (1928-),  Sol Lewitt (1928-2007)

Places: Argentina,  Buenos Aires,  United States

Times: 20th century