Sol LeWitt
American artist known for wall drawings and modular structures.
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He came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures," a term he preferred to "sculptures"[1] Starting in 1965, LeWitt's work was featured in hundreds of solo exhibitions across museums and galleries globally.[1]
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Life and work
In 1953, LeWitt relocated to New York City and established a studio on the Lower East Side.[2] Cancer complications led to LeWitt's death in New York at the age of 78.[3] Both minimal and conceptual art count LeWitt as a founder.[2] LeWitt's extensive output in two and three dimensions includes over 1,200 executed wall drawings, hundreds of works on paper, and structures such as towers, pyramids, geometric forms, and progressions.[2]
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Anna Lovatt's 2012 article "The mechanics of writing: Sol LeWitt, Stéphane Mallarmé and Roland Barthes" was published in the journal Word & Image.[4] This writing, which examined the connections among art, practice, and art criticism, became one of the most frequently referenced artists' texts from the 1960s.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Sol LeWitt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bloom, "Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas", Wesleyan University Press, April 16, 2019 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sol LeWitt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Collection online: Sol LeWitt . Accessed April 17, 2011. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Sol LeWitt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Collection online: Sol LeWitt . Accessed April 17, 2011.; Ulaby, Neda. "Sol LeWitt: conceptual art pioneer dies at 78." All Things Considered, NPR, April 9, 2007. Accessed April 17, 2011. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Anna Lovatt, "The mechanics of writing: Sol LeWitt, Stéphane Mallarmé and Roland Barthes", Word & Image (2012), doi:10.1080/02666286.2012.740187. OpenAlex metadata CC0; paper not read. doi.org
- Wikipedia, "Sol LeWitt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lovatt, "The mechanics of writing: Sol LeWitt, Stéphane Mallarmé and Roland Barthes", Word & Image: A Journal of Verbal/Visual Enquiry, 2012, p. 374–383; "Lucinda Childs Dance - History" (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Sol LeWitt (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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