LeWitt on display
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Sol LeWitt’s famous declaration, “The idea becomes a machine that makes the art,” was emblazoned in bright white letters on shirts worn by staffers here at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art this weekend.
LeWitt was a master of conceptual art, and the retrospective that opened on Sunday at MASS MoCA features 105 of his massive wall drawings. In light of LeWitt’s death in April of 2007, the show’s completion is something of a tribute to his basic philosophy: art is about more than just viewing.
Sixty-five artists and art students worked for...
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