LeWitt

I really hope that someone has a tattoo which follows one of Sol LeWitt's Wall Drawing guidelines.

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nick (@vossbrink) August 07, 2012

I also wouldn't mind seeing an exhibition of LeWitt's Wall Drawings applied to non-euclidian space.

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nick (@vossbrink) August 07, 2012

Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings are an interesting concept which I’d like to see applied to more than just walls.

When an organization or individual buys a LeWitt wall drawing, they receive two things, neither of which is the finished work of art. They get a certificate of authenticity and a detailed set of instructions—that is, they get the idea. To install the piece, they worked directly with LeWitt and now, since his death in 2007, work with LeWitt’s estate to hire one of his trained draftspeople to lead the installation.

—Wall Drawing #541,
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Of course, you can’t call them “LeWitt” wall drawings if you roll your own. But that doesn’t mean you can’t follow the instructions and just see what happens.

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