Monumental sculpture by sol lewitt biography

'Structures'

At first LeWitt focused his attention on painting, he hired models and drew from life and copied Old Masters. But he felt lost and out of touch. This changed in 1962 when he took up sculpture and began making black and white marble reliefs.

He looked for a new direction in the early 1960s that would 'lead away from the pervasive but useless ideas of Abstract Expressionism'.

LeWitt, Sol: A Sphere Lit From the Top, INTRODUCTION BIOGRAPHY

LeWitt wrote two seminal texts which set out to define the new style of Conceptual art. These were: Paragraphs on Conceptual Art (1967) and Sentences on Conceptual Art (1969). By 1965 LeWitt was primarily concerned with his 'structures'. Using abstract elements, he simplified his works into box- or table-like structures.

Sol LeWitt - Wikipedia

These works range from gallery-sized installations to monumental outdoor pieces. Initially these sculptures were in black and white monochrome leading him to remark that what art looks like 'isn't too important'. However, from the 1970s o Sol LeWitt, Artist, (1928 - 2007) — ROJ