Description
A revelatory consideration of the wide-ranging practice of one of the most influential American artists of the 20th century
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 sculpture, printmaking, photography, artist's books, drawings, gouaches, and folded and ripped paper works. From the familiar to the underappreciated aspects of LeWitt's oeuvre, this book examines the ways that his art 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, and investigate issues of site, space, and movement. Together, these studies reveal the full scope of LeWitt's creativity and offer a multifaceted reassessment of this singular and influential artist.
About the Author
David S. Areford is associate professor and department chair of art at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is the author of Strict Beauty: Sol LeWitt Prints.
Reviews
"Shedding new light on Sol LeWitt's conceptual practice and his artworks, this book addresses some of the most interesting-and previously underexplored-aspects of LeWitt's art."-Gwen Allen, San Francisco State University
"This rich volume dispels once and for all the presumption that Sol LeWitt's artistic practice is easily summarized. Readers will be repeatedly struck by the multifaceted, experimental, and often highly personal dimension to his work that emerges from these pages."-Alistair Rider, University of St Andrews
Book Information
ISBN 9780300246049
Author David S. Areford
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
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 sculpture, printmaking, photography, artist's books, drawings, gouaches, and folded and ripped paper works. From the familiar to the underappreciated aspects of LeWitt's oeuvre, this book examines the ways that his art 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, and investigate issues of site, space, and movement. Together, these studies reveal the full scope of LeWitt's creativity and offer a multifaceted reassessment of this singular and influential artist.
About the Author
David S. Areford is associate professor and department chair of art at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is the author of Strict Beauty: Sol LeWitt Prints.
Reviews
"Shedding new light on Sol LeWitt's conceptual practice and his artworks, this book addresses some of the most interesting-and previously underexplored-aspects of LeWitt's art."-Gwen Allen, San Francisco State University
"This rich volume dispels once and for all the presumption that Sol LeWitt's artistic practice is easily summarized. Readers will be repeatedly struck by the multifaceted, experimental, and often highly personal dimension to his work that emerges from these pages."-Alistair Rider, University of St Andrews
Book Information
ISBN 9780300246049
Author David S. Areford
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
