Sol LeWitt

Sol Lewitt coined the term “conceptual art” in 1967, a turning point in the development of art in the 1960s. The next year, he created his first wall drawing in New York, reinventing the fresco format through a modern lens. In 1977, the Australian art collector and patron John Kaldor invited Lewitt to make wall drawings at the National Gallery of Victoria and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. At the NGV, LeWitt installed Lines to points on a grid. On yellow: Lines from the center of the wall. On red: Lines from four sides. On blue: Lines from four corners. On black: Lines from four sides, four corners and the center of the wall. A variation of the work was created as an artist book.