Sol LeWitt

Leuven

Colors gathers twenty-four wall drawings in color by the American conceptual artist Sol LeWitt (1928-2007). LeWitt’s wall drawings marked, from the late 1960s on, a revolutionary development in the history of contemporary art. The monumental drawings are executed directly on the walls, according to the artist’s instructions and diagrams. Between 1968 and 2007, LeWitt created more than 1200 wall drawings.

For LeWitt, the idea or concept behind an artwork is primary, the execution secondary: „In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art“ (Sol LeWitt, „Paragraphs on Conceptual Art,“ in Artforum, June 1967).

In addition to the wall drawings, a wide selection of LeWitt’s artist’s books is on view as well as a documentary film about the making of the wall drawings at M.

M – Museum Leuven

June 21st – October 14th, 2012
Vanderkelenstraat 28
3000 Leuven
Belgium

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