Splotch 15 sol lewitt biography

Over the fifty or so years of his artistic career, Sol LeWitt (American, b. 1928) has worked as a painter, a creator of large two-dimensional works he terms wall drawings, a creator of three-dimensional works (these he prefers to call structures rather than sculptures), and a practitioner of various graphic arts: gouaches, prints, posters, books, and book design.

Splotch 15 sol lewitt biography

He is most esteemed for his emphasis on the originating idea behind a work of art. In 1967 he wrote: "No matter what form [the work] may finally have, it must begin with an idea." The execution or realization of the idea could be and was assigned by LeWitt to other workers, a practice he continues.

This exhibition presents the twelve-feet-tall Splotch #15, 2004 (fabricated 2005); the twelve-foot-long Splotch #3, 2000; three vertical six-and-a-half-foot-tall works—Splotch #5, 2002, Splotch #7, 2002, and Splotch #8, 2002.

The thirty-two-foot-long Wall Drawing #1152 Whirls and