Sol Lewitt
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Biography
American Artist - Born: September 9, 1928 / Died: April 8, 2007
Sol Lewitt is most closely associated with the minimal and conceptual art movements.
Generative Art Connections
Natural Language Systems
Lewitt's work often took the form of written instructions which could be executed later by others. The instructions often described marks or construction modules to be exhaustively combined presenting most or all possible permutations. As such the instructions presented generative systems autonomously creating detail beyond Lewitt's explicit instructions and not reflecting choices of the artisans executing them.
Generative Works
Wall Drawings and Modular Sculpture
To be added later
Quotes and Bibliography
"In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work . . . all planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes the machine that makes the art."
from "Paragraphs on Conceptual Art," Artforum, summer, 1967.
External Links
Wikipedia
