Since 1968, more than 1,270 LeWitt wall drawings have been installed worldwide. LeWitt believed that “the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work…” 2 and viewed the draftspeople who installed his wall drawings as collaborators in realizing his concepts. Like a musical score or architectural blueprints, LeWitt’s wall drawings are detailed instructions for artworks conceived by the artist and executed by others whom he or his studio trained. “The artist and the draftsman become collaborators in making the art.” -Sol LeWitt 7
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LeWitt has been described as: “one of the most influential American artists of the 20 th century…,” 3 “a lodestar of modern American art…,” 4 and “…as visionary as anyone who ever made art.” 5 As Kimberly Davenport, founding director of Rice Gallery said: “Sol figured out how to make art eternal. This same work was re-installed as Rice Gallery’s final exhibition in 2017. LeWitt’s wall drawing, “ Glossy and Flat Black Squares” was commissioned and installed as Rice Gallery’s first site-specific work in 2007. Rice University has a special connection to LeWitt and his wall drawings. His work explored “seriality” of ideas and forms, an approach LeWitt compared to musical variations and photography. His abundant body of work includes more than 1,270 “wall drawings” and numerous “structures” (as he called his sculptures), as well as many drawings, paintings and other forms of art.
LeWitt was a pioneer in elevating ideas as an art form. Solomon “Sol” LeWitt (1928–2007) was an American artist whose work and ideas played a pivotal role in establishing Minimalism and Conceptual art. Sol LeWitt, Neal Boenzi, New York Times/Redux View press coverage of the wall drawing opening events and installation and explore other media about the Sol LeWitt Project, including time-lapse installation videos.Learn more about related programs, courses and events and project partners.Learn more about Sol LeWitt and Wall Drawings #1115 and #869A.Sign up for updates about future Glasscock School community art events, courses and programs. They will continue to be an educational resource for our campus and community for years to come. These two dynamic wall drawings have inspired a range of public programs, courses and events. Wall Drawing #869A, a “copied lines” wall drawing installed at the Glasscock School by 36 campus and community members, is on loan from Paula Cooper Gallery, New York through fall 2022. Wall Drawing #1115 is a generous gift to Rice University from H. Like a musical score or architectural blueprints, LeWitt’s wall drawings are detailed instructions for artworks conceived by the artist to be executed by others.Īs the first conceptual artwork in the Rice Public Art collection and the third work of public art at the Glasscock School (in addition to Stephen Dean’s Black Ladder and Joseph Havel’s In Play), LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #1115 serves as a tremendous artistic resource for our campus and community. In fall 2019, the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies and Rice Public Art celebrated the acquisition and installation of internationally-renowned artist Sol LeWitt’s “Wall Drawing #1115” and the exhibition of a loaned work, “Wall Drawing #869A,” at the Anderson-Clarke Center. “Sol …always saw something new just over the horizon… His relentless questioning… helped divert the stream of art… toward a more open and democratic vision of art’s relationship to culture… all subsequent art is in his debt.” -Mel Bochner 1 About the Project