Arc Bands 1990

Sol LeWitt made this screen print, "Arc Bands," and I see a really crisp, colorful geometry, with a central yellow semi-circle shooting out arcs of raspberry, blue, red, and green! What I like about LeWitt is his approach to making work. I imagine him thinking “I want to see what happens when I put this color next to that color, what kind of optical sensations I can create.” It's like he’s following a recipe. There’s something so systematic, so orderly about his method. I bet he really loved making this. I love the way the arcs are almost rainbow-like, yet they're cropped by the frame, turning them into something altogether different. This hard edge is a bit like Al Held, or Ellsworth Kelly, and it's all part of an ongoing conversation among artists. You know, how do we make space, how do we make color sing? Artists like LeWitt keep this dialogue going!