Saturday 31 December 2016

3. Article Nothing But Good



Article about our blog in the December 2016 issue of Belgian Art Magazine Kunstletters (in Dutch).






Saturday 24 December 2016

Rob de Oude / Sol LeWitt



Sol Lewitt
Wall Drawing 56
A square is divided horizontally and vertically into four equal parts, each with lines in four directions superimposed progressively.
August 1970
Black pencil
LeWitt Collection, Chester, Connecticut
First Installation: LeWitt residence, New York
First drawn by Sol LeWitt

Sol LeWitt’s early wall drawings were based on finite series of what he termed “simple” lines (lines drawn in one of four basic directions: vertical, horizontal, diagonal left, and diagonal right), as well as “superimposed” lines (the four simple lines layered on top of each other). By superimposing the lines in a sequential manner, as seen in Wall Drawing 56, the artist produced progressively darker gradations of tone.
Source: MASS MoCA site


 

Sol LeWitt
Wall Drawing 47
A wall divided into fifteen equal parts, each with a different line direction, and all combinations.
June 1970
Black pencil
Private collection
First Installation: Private residence
First drawn by Kazuko Miyamoto

Wall Drawing 47 is emblematic of Sol LeWitt’s systematic exploration of lines going in four basic directions: vertical, horizontal, diagonal left, and diagonal right. The drawing presents the four absolute lines layered sequentially, thus presenting their single, double, triple, and quadruple combinations. As in Wall Drawing 56, also on display at MASS MoCA, this pencil drawing shows increasingly darker gradations of tone as the piece is read from left to right.
Source: MASS MoCA site


Simple rules and parameters are also part of my practice, with the outcome usually kept as a 'known' unknown. I tend not to move towards a picture but more want the picture to move towards me. Working within certain set parameters highlights the importance of intuition and improvisation and brings along continued variation.
Rob de Oude, 2016



Rob de Oude
Shirt Strategy
2016
oil on panel
30,5 x 30,5 cm (12 x 12 inches)



Rob de Oude (NL/US)
Cloud Computing/4
2014
oil on canvas
81,25 x 81,25 cm (32 x 32 inches)