Dimensions: image: 355 x 355 mm
Copyright: © The estate of Sol LeWitt | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: There’s something incredibly serene about this piece, almost meditative. Editor: Absolutely. This work by Sol LeWitt, part of the Tate Collections, is a study in simplicity. Just 355 by 355 mm, it is a series of squares filled with delicate, intersecting lines. Curator: It feels like a whisper. The muted colors and methodical lines evoke a sense of order, yet the subtle variations keep it from feeling sterile. It reminds me of quiet cityscapes. Editor: LeWitt was fascinated with rule-based art. Here, the lines become almost like coded gestures, inviting us to decode their pattern, or perhaps to find beauty in the system itself. Like runes or other alphabets. Curator: Exactly! The grid almost dissolves before your eyes, revealing a deeper, almost spiritual geometry. It’s not just about the lines; it’s about the space between them, the potential within structure. I love it. Editor: It's a quiet revolution—simplicity as a powerful form of expression. Curator: A lovely way to put it.