[no title] by Sol LeWitt

[no title] 1973

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Dimensions: image: 273 x 270 mm

Copyright: © The estate of Sol LeWitt | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate

Curator: Isn't it interesting how something so spare can feel so…full? It’s just two lines, after all. Editor: Yes, but those lines. That diagonal slashing across, almost like a crack in the surface, and that calm, grounding horizontal… they speak of tension, of balance. Curator: Precisely! It's a work by Sol LeWitt, currently held in the Tate Collections, and it’s a deceptively simple exploration of geometry. No title, no date, just pure form. Editor: It reminds me of those alchemical symbols, where the union of opposing forces creates something new, something… transcendent. Curator: Exactly! LeWitt, the trickster, giving us the bare minimum and asking us to fill in the blanks. Editor: A diagram of something hidden perhaps? A map of the mind itself? Curator: Or maybe he's just reminding us that sometimes, less truly is more. Editor: An elegant dance, those lines. A dialogue of opposites, forever in conversation.

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tate 4 days ago

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