Locating Sol LeWitt - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300246048 ISBN 13: 9780300246049

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2021

Synopsis

<b>A revelatory consideration of the wide-ranging practice of one of the most influential American artists of the 20th century</b><br><br> A pioneer of minimalism and conceptual art, Sol LeWitt (1928&#8211;2007) is best known for his monumental wall drawings. LeWitt&#8217;s broad artistic practice, however, also included sculpture, printmaking, photography, artist&#8217;s books, drawings, gouaches, and folded and ripped paper works. From the familiar to the underappreciated aspects of LeWitt&#8217;s oeuvre, this book examines the ways that his art was multidisciplinary, humorous, philosophical, and even religious.<br> &#160;<br><i>Locating Sol LeWitt</i>&#160;contains nine new essays that explore the artist&#8217;s work across media and address topics such as LeWitt&#8217;s formative friendships with colleagues at the Museum of Modern Art in the early 1960s; his photographs of Manhattan&#8217;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&#8217;s practice, and investigate issues of site, space, and movement. Together, these studies reveal the full scope of LeWitt&#8217;s creativity and offer a multifaceted reassessment of this singular and influential artist.

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About the Author

<b>David S. Areford </b>is associate professor and department chair of art at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is the author of <i>Strict Beauty: Sol LeWitt Prints</i>.

Edition details

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300246048
• ISBN 13: 9780300246049
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 277
• Editor: Areford David S.