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1977Sol LeWitt All two part combinations of arcs from four corners, arcs from four sides, straight, not-straight & broken lines in four directions. Lines to points on a grid. On yellow: Lines from the center of the wall. On red: Lines from four sides. On blue: Lines from four corners. On black: Lines from four sides, four corners and the center of the wall.
Download education notes (PDF 8pp) Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. Visit the Adobe website to download a free copy. The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof of the System. The visual aspect can’t be understood without understanding the system. It isn’t what it looks like but what it is that is of basic importance. Sol LeWitt, ‘Sentences on conceptual art’, in 0–9, New York, January 1969 Most of Sol Lewitt’s work is generative, and as a conceptual artist much of his attention is focused on exploring systems for their own intrinsic value. Phillip Galanter, ‘What is generative art? Complexity theory as a context for art theory’ |  Sol LeWitt saw art as an object-producing, not an object-based, practice. He could write instructions for the production of work, conceived beforehand, and reapply it to the specific shape and size of the support. His 1977 wall drawing in Sydney for his Kaldor project – All two part combinations of arcs from four corners, arcs from and four sides, straight, not-straight & broken lines in four directions. – was conceived in 1972 but customised to the double height wall that joined the Art Gallery of NSW’s old and new wings. With the help of assistants chosen from Alexander Mackie College, LeWitt completed the floor-to-ceiling project in March 1977. At the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, in the same month, LeWitt installed Lines to points on a grid. On yellow: Lines from the center of the wall. On red: Lines from four sides. On blue: Lines from four corners. On black: Lines from four sides, four corners and the center of the wall. Variations of each work were published in an artists book created for the project. Read more about Sol LeWitt. Sol LeWitt's design for All two part combinations of arcs from four corners, arcs from four sides, straight, not-straight & broken lines in four directions at the Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney © Sol LeWitt, licensed by Viscopy Australia | WORLD EVENTSElvis Presley found dead Release of Star Wars, directed by George Lucas, launching the epic film franchise Disco music becomes the rage Train derailment in the Sydney suburb of Granville kills 83 people Walter de Maria installs The New York earth room in New York and The lightning field in New Mexico Exhibition of earth art opens at the Hirschorn Museum, Washington DC The work of Australian landscape painter Fred Williams exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York 6th Kaldor project Sol LeWitt’s Wall drawings installed at the Art Gallery of NSW and Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria 7th Kaldor project Richard Long creates A straight hundred mile walk in Australia and A line in Australia near Broken Hill as well as Bushwood circle at Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria and Stone line at the Art Gallery of NSW | ||
