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LeWitt: Artist's Books
The exhibition SOL LEWITT. Artist's Books at Art Laboratory Berlin presents the complete oeuvre of 75 artist's books produced by the American conceptual artist Sol LeWitt, dating from 1967 to 2002. It has been put together by Giorgio Maffei and Emanuele de Donno (viaindustriae, Foligno, Italy) from different institutions and collections from all over Italy, the adopted country of the artist who died in 2007. This exhibition seeks to examine the unique bibliophile production of the artist. It is Art Laboratory Berlin's goal to connect theory and practice in this exhibition project. On the one hand the works on exhibition are available for practical study: the artist's books can be studied individually with the help of a gallery assistant. Furthermore, in the rear exhibition space there are a number of primary journals and secondary texts, by and about Sol LeWitt. On the other hand, Art Laboratory Berlin also wants invite debate as well as a practical study: an interdisciplinary Sol LeWitt_Symposium will take place on 19/20 February, 2011 featuring different points of view from scholars of various disciplines on the artistic practice of Sol LeWitt. SOL
LEWITT Artist's Books, a collaboration between Art Laboratory Berlin
and Viaindustriae, In
addition to an intensive exhibition program (gallery tours, talks
and the possibility of visitors to study the artist's books in detail)
Art Laboratory Berlin is also planning an interdisciplinary symposium
on the artistic practice of Sol LeWitt during the exhibition.
Upper row : (l) Sol LeWitt, Geometric Figures & Color, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1979 / (r) Sol LeWitt, Autobiography, New York: Multiples; Boston: Lois and Michael K. Torf 1980// middle row: (l) Sol LeWitt, Photo Grids, New York: Paul David Press; Rizzoli, 1977 / (r) Sol LeWitt, Lines & Color, Zürich: Annemarie Verna 1975 // lower row:(l) Sol LeWitt, Opening Series, Edinburgh: Morning Star Publications, 1994 /(r) Sol LeWitt, Cock Fight Dance, New York: Rizzoli & Multiples, 1980 The American artist Sol LeWitt (1928 - 2007) was an influential figure in minimalism and is considered one of the most important representatives, as well as co-founder, of American conceptual art. He became known for his term "conceptual art": the idea itself and the process with all the intervening steps are as much works of arts as any finished product. Regarding the room as an object (LeWitt preferred the term "structures"), the wall drawings or his artist's books: the idea itself was always more important than its physical elaboration. Unlike the Minimal Art's expression of abstraction as an object ("objecthood"), Sol LeWitt's work becomes a medium of signs. LeWitt's intensive artist books production began in the sixties. According to him, these books are neither instructions on how to understand his art, nor simple catalogues but works of art on their own, a mobile medium for a broader public. The exhibition shows all the plurality of the book production of Sol LeWitt: from early artist books that sketch concepts ("Serial Project #1", 1967) to his works of the seventies and eighties where he utilises photography ("Photogrids", 1977, "Autobiography" 1980 or "Chicago" 2002), from black-and-white booklets to coloured leporellos. During the exhibition there will be guided tours once a week (each Sunday at 3 p.m.) with the possibility to study the artist's books in detail. Furthermore we offer to arrange individual guided tours or seminars. We thank the collector Paul Maenz, who has lent us Sol LeWitt’s WALL DRAWING #233 Location of a Triangle (1974) for the duration of the exhibition. Interdisciplinary Symposium_Sol LeWitt The occasion of having assembled all the artist books of Sol LeWitt in one exhibition offers the possibility to study his work intensively. Just as with earlier exhibitions at Art Laboratory Berlin, we plan to connect artistic practice and a scholarly approach by means of a symposium. The interdisciplinary symposium seeks to bring together art historians, literary scholars, philosophers, mathematicians and visual artists to give presentations and discuss the manifold creative approach of Sol LeWitt. Contributors:
Sabeth Buchmann, Aissa Deebi, Annette Gilbert, Paul Maenz, Jonathan
Monk, Adrian Piper, Michael Rottmann, Manuela Schöpp, Gregor
Stemmrich, Volker Straebel, Ken Wahl. ****************
Information for Sol LeWitt_Symposium: 19/20 February, 2011 Sol
LeWitt_Conceptual Art_Book Art. Essay by Regine Rapp Press reviews (as of 12 March, 2011) Ramiro
Villapadierna: Arte de Libro Hubertus
Butin: Persönliche Drucksachen. Sol LeWitt. Artist's Books
im Art Laboratory Berlin, Berlin, 28 February, 2011 Thomas.
Künstlerbücher von Sol LeWitt im Art Laboratory Berlin,
19 February, 2011 Sol
LeWitt Künstlerbücher - Ausstellung in Berlin, 18
February, 2011 Fünf
Tipps der Woche (Berlin:Sol LeWitt), 17 February, 2011 John
Lambert: Fast autisches Härtnackingkeit. Sol Lewitts Künstlerbücher
im Art Laboratory Berlin, 16 February, 2011 Min
Young-Jeon: Sol LeWitt. Artist´s Books, Art Laboratory
Berlin, bis 13. März 2011 Irmgard
Berner : Art Laboratory Berlin - Für die Lücke eine
Nische Sol
LeWitt Artist´s Books Marianne
Mielke - Veranstaltungstip in der Sendung Quergelesen Hans
Kuiper: A January show visit: Sol Lewitt. Artist's Books in Art
Laboratory Berlin Alexandra
Riedel: Berlin- Sol LeWitt Artist´s Books Sol
LeWitt Artist´s Books
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