Galleria Valentina Bonomo Arte Contemporanea, Rome
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Rome, Galleria Valentina Bonomo Arte Contemporanea, Disegni a Matita Sul Muro: Sol LeWitt Al Portico d’Ottavia, 18 February – 30 April 2005
L'Italia nei Wall Drawings di Sol LeWitt, exh. cat., Reggia di Caserta, 2012, pp. 33, 169, 249-250 (illustrated)
Lindsay Aveilhé, ed., Sol LeWitt Wall Drawings Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 2018 - ongoing, online (illustrated)
American • 1928 - 2007
Connected to the Conceptual and Minimalist art movements of the 1960s and '70s, the artist and theorist Sol LeWitt was a pivotal figure in driving 'idea' art into the mainstream art discourse. Redefining what constituted a work of art and its genesis, LeWitt explored these ideas through wall drawings, paintings, sculptures, works on paper and prints.
Using a prescription to direct the creation of a work, the artist's hand subordinated to the artist's thoughts, in direct contrast to the Abstract Expressionist movement earlier in the century. Actions, forms and adjectives were broken down into terms, serially repeated and reconfigured: grids, lines, shapes, color, directions and starting points are several examples. These directives and constructs fueled an influential career of vast variety, subtlety and progression.
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