- Summary
- "A pioneer of minimalism and conceptual art, Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) is best known for his monumental wall drawings. LeWitt's broad artistic practice, however, also included photography, artist's books, sculpture, and printmaking. From the familiar to the underappreciated aspects of the artist's oeuvre, this book examines the ways that LeWitt's work was multidisciplinary, humorous, philosophical, and even religious. Locating Sol LeWitt contains nine new essays that explore the artist's work across media and address topics such as LeWitt's formative friendships with colleagues at the Museum of Modern Art in the early 1960s; his photographs of Manhattan's Lower East Side; his 1979 collaboration with Lucinda Childs and Philip Glass and its impact on his printmaking; and his commissions linked to Jewish history and the Holocaust. The essays offer insights into the role of parody, experimentation, and uncertainty in the artist's practice, along with contingency in relation to site, space, and movement. Together, these studies shed light on the full scope of LeWitt's creativity and offer a multifaceted reassessment of this singular and influential artist."-- Back cover.
- Other Title
- Works. Selections.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2021]
©2021
- Locale
- United States
États-Unis
- Contents
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Introduction: For a plural LeWitt / David S. Areford
Front lines : LeWitt at work at the Modern (1960-65) / Veronica Roberts
City in pieces : Sol LeWitt's Manhattan / Kirsten Swenson
When systems get personal : puzzling over Sol LeWitt's photobooks / John A. Tyson
LeWitt moves : choreographing the printed image / David S. Areford
Ideologue's art : Sol LeWitt's location drawings / James H. Miller
LeWitt's locations, to a point / Erica DiBenedetto
LeWitt's malfunctioning machines / Anna Lovatt
Long live the ephemeral : cataloguing Sol LeWitt's wall drawings / Lindsay Aveilhé
Voices beyond the wall : on Sol LeWitt's Jewish art / David S. Areford.
- Other Authors/Editors
- LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007.
Areford, David S., 1963- editor, contributor.
Aveilhé, Lindsay, contributor.
DiBenedetto, Erica, contributor.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: For a plural LeWitt / David S. Areford -- Front lines : LeWitt at work at the Modern (1960-65) / Veronica Roberts -- City in pieces : Sol LeWitt's Manhattan / Kirsten Swenson -- When systems get personal : puzzling over Sol LeWitt's photobooks / John A. Tyson -- LeWitt moves : choreographing the printed image / David S. Areford -- Ideologue's art : Sol LeWitt's location drawings / James H. Miller -- LeWitt's locations, to a point / Erica DiBenedetto -- LeWitt's malfunctioning machines / Anna Lovatt -- Long live the ephemeral : cataloguing Sol LeWitt's wall drawings / Lindsay Aveilhé -- Voices beyond the wall : on Sol LeWitt's Jewish art / David S. Areford.
