LOCATING SOL LEWITT

A revealing reflection on the vast practice of one of America's most iconic artists the most influential of the 20th century Pioneer of minimalism and conceptual art, Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) is best known for his monumental wall drawings. However, LeWitt's extensive artistic practice also included the photography, artist's books, sculpture and engraving. Aspects familiar with the underestimated aspects of the artist's work, this book examines in that LeWitt's work was multidisciplinary, humorous, philosophical and same religious. Locating Sol LeWitt contains nine new essays that explore the artist's work across media and address topics such as LeWitt's formative friendships with colleagues at the Museum of Modern Art early 1960s; his photographs of Manhattan's Lower East Side; his collaboration in 1979 with Lucinda Childs and Philip Glass and its impact on his engraving; and his commissions related to Jewish history and the Holocaust. essays offer insight into the role of parody, experimentation and uncertainty in the artist's practice, as well as contingency through relationship to site, space and movement. Together, these studies highlight shed light on the breadth of LeWitt's creativity and offer a reevaluation multifaceted work of this unique and influential artist. David S. Areford is a professor associate professor and chair of the art department at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is the author of Strict Beauty: Sol LeWitt Prints.