In conceptual art, the idea or the concept is the most important aspect of the work. Working on his Wall Drawings in a variety of mediums and site-specific locations over a forty year period, LeWitt's Wall Drawings have become a pivotal cornerstone of his practice, continuing to internationally inspire with his geometric marriage of color and form. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art'-as the artist said in Artforum, 1967. In his magnum opus, LeWitt also radically questioned the idea of authorship the artist identified the dynamics between the conception of an idea and execution, suggesting that the essential planning of an artwork should make the execution of the piece 'a perfunctory affair. Wall Drawing #1185 Scribbles: Inverted Curve (Horizontal) in process of installation at the artist's 2005 MASS MoCA’s retrospective. This progressive shift from paper to wall allowed the artist to fully achieve the flat and two-dimensional quality which would become exemplary of his practice. This collection of writings explored the notion of applying media directly onto the wall, a shift from traditional techniques of drawing onto paper or applying paint to canvas. LeWitt commenced his Wall Drawings in 1968, the year following the publication of his seminal work Paragraphs on Conceptual Art. A hallmark of LeWitt's wall drawings, the title of Wall Drawing 1185: Scribbles: Inverted curve (horizontal) describes its appearance, and while the description is reductive and straightforward, the work is a stunning and powerful tour de force. The 105 wall drawings included in the exhibition cover nearly an acre of space in the historic mill building that was renovated for the specific purpose of housing the exhibition. Wall Drawing 1185: Scribbles: Inverted curve (horizontal), October 2005 is included in MASS MoCA's on-going exhibition Sol LeWitt: A Drawing Retrospective, which opened on 16 November 2008 and will remain on view for 25 years. Successful ideas generally have the appearance of simplicity because they seem inevitable. Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple. The exhibition will be on view until 2033. The comprehensive retrospective opened in 2008 and celebrates LeWitt's prolific output of Wall Drawings the artist created over 1260 Wall Drawing works and proposals during his lifetime. A Wall Drawing Retrospective at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing #1185 Scribbles: Inverted Curve (Horizontal) installed at Sol LeWitt.
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