10,000 Lines

To use the artist’s words, the idea becomes the instrument which produces the art. This definition is exemplified in his famous Wall Drawings like those selected for his room in the Madre museum. Starting with his first artist’s book in 1968 LeWitt constructed a range of variations on the straight line superimposed in four directions. This system was then applied and developed on a large scale by the artist or, indifferently by his assistants, redesigning it meticulously on large wall areas. In recent years the artist has incorporated fluid, sinuous lines, which often intersect, into his Wall Drawings, obtaining a further rhythmic aspect which seems to curve and fragment space in a multitude of unpredictable directions.