Sol LeWitt was born in 1928. LeWitt was one of the first artists to formally define conceptual art as a phenomenon. He is best known for his deceptively simple geometric structures and architecturally scaled wall drawings, but his oeuvre also includes sculptures, photographs, prints, and films. LeWitt reduced art to a few basic shapes (spheres, triangles, quadrilaterals) colors, and types of lines, and organized these elements into guidelines. Much of his production for his drawings was in the form of a set of ideas or instructions that he gave to teams of assistants to carry out. His method permitted other people to participate in the creative process. During his lifetime, LeWitt was the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world.
As of: February 2024