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 ideas ifs
Conceptual art is only good if the idea is good.
art ideas form
Also, since art is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction of the form only reinforces the concept. It is the idea that is being reproduced. Anyone who understands the work of art owns it. We all own the Mona Lisa.
art ideas irony
I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art
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.
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.
beautiful ideas execution
Banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution.
ideas objects
I wasn't really that interested in objects. I was interested in ideas.
real ideas minimalism
Minimalism wasn't a real idea - it ended before it started.
art ideas important
In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work
art ideas machines
The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.
art ideas development
Ideas alone can be works of art; they are in a chain of development that may eventually find some form. All ideas need not be made physical.
successful simple ideas
Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple
ideas prisoner
You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas.
art mean ideas
When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.