| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 72 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Chris Teerink. |
| Performer |
Sol Lewitt. |
| Summary |
Conceptual artists leap to conclusions logic cannot reach. This was stated by Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) said in a rare audio-interview from 1974. Notoriously camera-shy, Lewitt refused awards and rarely granted interviews, yet in Chris Teerink's sensitive cinematic portrait, the pioneering conceptual American artist comes alive. LeWitt's artwork can be seen as obsession pushed to the limit of paradox and absurdity: simple ideas, communicated simply-often with a set of instructions sent by fax-lead to overwhelming visual and intellectual complexity. For example, to create Wall drawing #801: Spiral, a white line spirals down the black wall of a cupola 3.2 miles long. The film documents the piece's 2011 installation in Maastricht, the Netherlands, which takes eight assistants 30 days to complete. When the painstaking work is done and the scaffolding taken away, the result is the transformative. Using extensive interviews and documentation of artwork installed around the world, in the acclaimed documentary Sol LeWitt, director Chris Teerink explores the artist's work and philosophy. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007 -- Interviews.
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Interviews -- Art -- 20th century.
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Conceptual art -- 20th century.
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Installations (Art) -- 20th century.
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LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007 -- Interviewee (expression)
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Teerink, Chris, 1966- screenwriter, film director.
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Reemst, Frank van, film producer.
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Verheij, Joost, film producer.
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hoopla digital.
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| Note |
Title appears as: Sol Lew Itt |
| Music No. |
MWT11554477 |
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