Sol Lewitt Wall Drawing Project
Last Saturday Meg and I went to MassMoCA and saw the Sol Lewitt wall drawing project created by an initiative between MassMoCA and Williams College. A team of sixty two artists and students executed the drawings from April to September 2008. LeWitt’s wall drawings from the 1960s and 1970s were usually executed with lead and colored pencil, many of the wall drawings at MassMoCA were as well, but executers also used paint varying in thickness and gloss. The exhibition takes up three floors and is organized in progression from light paint to thicker glossier paint and then to drawing. It was amazing to see such large geometric shapes and colors. At times my eyes couldn’t take the color vibrations. I can’t imagine working on some of these. Posted above are pictures I took of some of my favorites. I only included one crazy color wall. I preferred the more subdued one. Maybe I’m getting old You can check out MassMoCA’s website to see more.




