Conceptualism & Minimalism
Sol Lewitt (1928 – 2007)
Buried Cube Containing an Object of Importance but Little Value (1968)
“An object he buried in the
garden of Dutch collectors,
was his deadpan gag about
waving goodbye to
Minimalism. He documented
it in photographs, in one of
which he stands at attention
beside the cube. A second
picture shows the shovel; a
third, him digging the hole.”
NY Times, 2007
Wall Drawing 797 (1995)
According to the principle of his work, LeWitt's wall drawings are usually executed by people
other than himself.
The first drafter has a black marker and makes an irregular horizontal line near the top of the
wall. Then the second drafter tries to copy it (without touching it) using a red marker. The third
drafter does the same, using a yellow marker. The fourth drafter does the same using a blue
marker. Then the second drafter followed by the third and fourth copies the last line drawn until
the bottom is reached.
Fluxus (A Conceptual Art Group)
Taking its name from the Latin word for "flow," the international Fluxus movement advocated
purging the world of bourgeois, commercial, and professional art. The interdisciplinary
movement included books, boxes, manifestos, posters, photographs, films, and performance
relics: art that crossed boundaries between painting, sculpture, poetry, music, and performed
events..
"Fluxus is not: a movement, a moment in history, an organization. Fluxus is: an idea, a kind of
work, a tendency, a way of life, a changing set of people who do Fluxworks."—Dick Higgins