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Artists Project 2010

Sol Lewitt

By: Ryan Stuntz

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Vital Statistics• Sol Lewitt• Born in Hartford,

Connecticut on September 9, 1928

• Son of a Russian-Jewish family

• Died on April 8, 2007• Was one of fathers of

Minimalism and Conceptualism



Major Personal Events

• Went to Syracuse and graduated in 1949 with a Bachelor’s degree in fine art

• Worked underneath I. M. Pei and learned how to make sculpture and architectural pieces

• Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, and Robert Morris made him see the first bits of structure in art and they showed him how art can be organized and still be profound

Key Historical Events

• Lived through WWII and fought in the Korean War and his pieces reflect on how they did not have very much to use and only had the bare necessities

• In the war he served in California, Japan and Korea• The abstract age was going on with most artists

working on abstract pieces but he did not• In 1960s the Minimalism movement was starting and

this made him find something he loved to do• Was discriminated against because he was Jewish

during WWII but was already in US so he was not in any danger

Influence on the Art World

• Other artists made his work for instructions giving them confidence

• My aunt made one and it gave her confidence that she could be an artist and be creative in her own way

• Wrote the influential essay “Paragraphs on Conceptual Art” in 1967 which defined conceptual art so others could follow along such as Joseph Kosuth and Tony Godfrey

• Started the Conceptual art movement and was called the high priest of conceptual art by different people such as Dan Flavin

Stylistic Traits

• Minimalism- the art is stripped down to only the basic elements• Conceptual Art- the concept or ideas are more important then

the visual aspect and most can be made by others• Mathematical Logical work- uses progressions and movements

that are natural • Bold pieces that catch your eye but most do not have a

dominant area.• 4 colors each stand for a different type of line, blue is diagonal

lines going to the left, gray is vertical lines, red is diagonal going to the right and yellow is for horizontal lines

• Most of his work is made in India Ink Wash

Stylistic Traits: Wall Drawing 462

• Uses only the minimal colors black and white

• Was made by another draftsman

• Each arc is precisely made to be 4 inches larger then the last

• Whole piece grabs you but not one area stands out



Wall Drawing 462 made in 1984


• Uses 4 basic colors: red, blue, yellow and gray

• Each of these colors was used to stand for a type of line

• The whole piece is made by using a system to change each smaller square

• Was made by David Higginbotham



Wall Drawing 413 made in 1984

Stylistic Traits: Wall Drawing 793b

• Made up of the 4 basic colors• The progressions are very natural to the eye• No area stands out but it draws you in to see the differences in the

arcs• Was drawn by Sachiko Cho when she followed directions from Sol

Lewitt



Wall Drawing 793b made in January 1996


• Uses only black and glossy black paint

• Uses the 4 basic lines to create a interesting piece that he made instructions for again in color

• Shows how artists draw lines and the different effects they can cause

• Was made by others such as Sachiko Cho and Naomi Fox



Wall Drawing 821, April 1997


• Made in 2010 by Ryan Stuntz

Conclusion

• Sol LeWitt was a revolutionary artist who was one of the first to have lots of structure in his pieces

• Most of his work was very simplistic and use only the most basic colors

• His work followed mathematical orders and natural progressions

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