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)
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