3. Article Nothing But Good

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

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)

www.robdeoude.com