''Wall Drawing 1005'' (above) is part of a three-story installation at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art of works by the late Sol LeWitt. Many early works use fine pencil; later ones also use ink wash or acrylic paints in bold patterns.
(Courtesy of the Estate of Sol Lewitt (above))
Art Review
In vast LeWitt show, absurdity and beauty
A Minimalist and Conceptual leader, ready to please a crowd again
''Wall Drawing 1005'' (above) is part of a three-story installation at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art of works by the late Sol LeWitt. Many early works use fine pencil; later ones also use ink wash or acrylic paints in bold patterns.
(Courtesy of the Estate of Sol Lewitt (above))
NORTH ADAMS - Sol LeWitt was at the forefront of two of the 20th century's most esoteric and alienating art movements, Minimalism and Conceptualism, yet he somehow managed to keep his own work as crowd-pleasing and hypoallergenic as a Goldendoodle. (Full article: 1310 words)
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