Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Solomon "Sol" LeWittwas an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionConceptual Artist
Date of Birth9 September 1928
CountryUnited States of America
art acceptance would-be
When words such as painting and sculpture are used, they connote a whole tradition and imply a consequent acceptance of this tradition, thus placing limitations on the artist who would be reluctant to make art that goes beyond the limitations.
artist bricks foundation
An architect doesn't go off with a shovel and dig his foundation and lay every brick. He's still an artist.
art ideas important
What the work of art looks like isn't too important. It has to look like something if it has a physical form. No matter what form it may finally have it must begin with an idea. It is the process of conception and realization with which the artist is concerned.
artist giving information
The artist’s aim is not to instruct the viewer, but to give information, whether the viewer understands the information is incidental to the artist.
art real years
Conceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years its real impetus.
thinking doing-you ends
Unless you're involved with thinking about what you're doing, you end up doing the same thing over and over, and that becomes tedious and, in the end, defeating.
art mind may
A work of art may be understood as a conductor from the artist's mind to the viewer's. But it may never reach the viewer, or it may never leave the artist's mind.
art literature narrative
The narrative of serial art works more like music than like literature.
art past conventions
One usually understands the art of the past by applying the conventions of the present thus misunderstanding the art of the past.
art wall ideas
Just as the development of earth art and installation art stemmed from the idea of taking art out of the galleries, the basis of my involvement with public art is a continuation of wall drawings.
way generations standards
Every generation renews itself in its own way; there's always a reaction against whatever is standard.
simple artist ends
Artists of many diverse types began using simple forms to their own ends.
photography art development
The other great development has been in photography, but that too was influenced by Conceptual art.
beautiful ideas execution
Banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution.