Sol LeWitt Brutalism testing what works

testing what works

focusing on the nature and material conditions of the new art developing in the 1960s

moreOlafur Eliasson says that at the core of his work is the experience of the physical encounter with the work itself

Sam Chermayeff

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Sol LeWitt Brutalism testing what worksIn 1969, Sol Lewitt started to regularly produce what he called folds, which were first conceived as gifts to friends. In 1971, he added the rips, drawings made of ripped paper. moreLeWitt went from ripping papers of various sizes and colours in different ways to working with city maps and airview photos of Florence, Manhattan and Chicago. The book comprehensively presents the folds and rips for the first time.