Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #1136
Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent
3 December 2013 - 8 June 2014
Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent
3 December 2013 - 8 June 2014
Turner Contemporary in UK showcases work by the prolific and influential American artist SOL LEWITT (1928-2007), presenting his spectacular Wall Drawing #1136 in the gallery’s Clore Learning Studio.
The work is one of a number of vibrant drawings Sol LeWitt made in the last years of his life, following his earlier works in pencil and ink. Curved and vertical bands of brightly coloured acrylic paint (every primary and secondary colour plus grey) are applied by hand directly onto the walls to create a dazzling environment that surrounds the viewer.
Sol LeWitt is particularly associated with the development of Conceptual art in the 1960s. Like other conceptual art works by Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #1136 is concerned with ideas of geometry, repetition and mathematical precision and exists as a set of instructions written by the artist and accompanied by an illustrated diagram. Designed to be physically executed by others (only the very first Wall Drawing was produced by LeWitt himself) the works can be endlessly repeated in different locations at different times, generally only existing for the period of the exhibition.
Wall Drawing #1136 is on loan from ARTIST ROOMS, an inspirational collection of modern and contemporary art acquired for the nation by Tate and The National Galleries of Scotland through the generosity of Anthony d'Offay with additional support from funders, including the Art Fund. The ARTIST ROOMS tour programme, now in its sixth year, is showing at 18 museums and galleries across the UK in 2014. The tour is made possible thanks to the support of Arts Council England and the Art Fund.
To find out more information about ARTIST ROOMS On Tour visit artfund.org/artistrooms. To see the full ARTIST ROOMS collection visit tate.org.uk/artistrooms and nationalgalleries.org/artistrooms.
TURNER CONTEMPORARY
Rendezvous, Margate, Kent, CT9 1HG, UK
