An originator of “conceptual art,” Sol LeWitt was born in Hartford and lived mostly in Chester until his death in April last year. LeWitt consistently pushed the limits of art history and contemporary trends, making him one of the most influential artists of the mid-Twentieth Century. LeWitt’s monumental wall drawings—produced for public and private spaces since the 1960s—may be the works for which he is best known. The New York Times described his wall paintings as “ecstatically colored and jazzy.”
Nearly an acre of these wall drawings are now in preparation for a fall showing at MASS MoCa in North Adams, MA. The Williams College Museum of Art also features LeWitt’s art in November. If you happen to take drive to the Berkshires this fall, don’t miss these exhibits. Few art venues have space to display massive wall drawings. A retrospective also takes place at Yale University Art Gallery with two wall drawings on display. This is a major collaboration between these three institutions conceived by the Yale gallery before LeWitt’s death.
This is special opportunity to view the work of an important American artist. See it this fall: don't waituntil 2033. For further information on the exhibitions, read the article from the Yale gallery.
Sol LeWitt A Wall Drawing Retrospective: Two wall drawings currently on view
Yale Art Gallery
Sol LeWitt: A Wall of Drawing Retrospective
MASS MoCa
Opens Nov. 16 and will be on view for 25 years
The ABCDs of Sol LeWitt
Williams College Museum of Art
Nov. 14 through March 8, 2009
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