PHOTOGRIDS SOL LEWITT 1977

by Sol LeWitt

Lewitt's conceptual photographs of grids -- as found on city grates, manhole covers, window frames, doors, floors, etc. -- are themselves grouped in grids across the page in the artist's signature organizational gesture.

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 1986

About the author

Solomon "Sol" LeWitt was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism.
LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he preferred instead of "sculptures") but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, photography, and painting. He has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world since 1965.

Reviews

[Justin Labelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting concept that seems incapable of existing without drawing comparisons to Google’s ´are you a human or computer’ tests…
The images are primarily textures, industrial shapes (manhole covers, girders etc), walls, patterns etc.
They have a Polaroid aesthetic and softness in tone.