Sol Lewitt: Bands Of Color

by Sol LeWitt (Artist)

Sol LeWitt is a systematic artist, creating a set of rules for a work and then following them to their conclusion. Using classical geometric components, such as cubes, squares, triangles, and circles, he is able to create an almost mystical expressivity with minimal means, resulting in art of great sensuous beauty. One-, Two-, Three-, and Four-Part Combinations of Vertical, Horizontal, and Diagonal, Left and Right Bands of Color (1993-94), a suite of sixty-four gouaches, is composed of stripes of equal thickness in diluted primary colors to fill the area of each sheet. The artist established the components -- vertical, horizontal, and diagonal -- in the first group of four, and varied them to remarkable effect in the sheets that followed. LeWitt's art invites not only an appreciation of the beauty of the completed work, but also an understanding of the intellectual demands the work makes.

136 pages, Paperback

First published June 2, 1999

About the author

Solomon "Sol" LeWitt was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism.
LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he preferred instead of "sculptures") but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, photography, and painting. He has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world since 1965.