[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: Here we have an untitled work by Sol LeWitt, an American artist whose career truly took off in the 1960s. Editor: It's interesting, isn't it? So simple. It reminds me of architectural blueprints, almost austere in its reduction. Curator: Yes, LeWitt was all about the concept. The idea became the art, challenging the preciousness we often assign to the handmade. Editor: And yet, you can almost see the hand at work. The slight wobble in the lines, the density of the pigment, betray the labor. Curator: It’s more about the plan, the structure. The execution could be done by anyone. Though that doesn't diminish the impact, does it? Editor: Not at all. It's a fascinating tension: the artist as architect, the work as a set of instructions, democratizing the art-making process. Curator: Right! What a thought. I see it as a moment of radical freedom and possibility. Editor: For me, it's the blurring of boundaries that makes it so compelling, the deconstruction of what we traditionally consider "art." A simple yet effective gesture.

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