In 1974 Sol LeWitt produced a series of 122 painted aluminum sculptures, titled Variations of Incomplete Open Cubes. The different combinations of three to eleven edges, or "parts, " encourage the viewer to mentally construct a complete cube--for LeWitt, a symbol of three-dimensionality. Here, you see the third combination of eight parts that imply a cube.
Although LeWitt rejected the term "minimalism" as demeaning to his art, his use of forms distilled to their pure geometric essences links him to the Minimalist movement. LeWitt considers himself a conceptual artist and emphasizes the process of creation, from initial idea to finished work. In his view, "The idea becomes the machine that makes the art."
In 1972–1973 his exhibitions are mounted at the Kunsthalle Bern and the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.
1975
Two MATRIX exhibitions at the Wadsworth Atheneum
For the third MATRIX exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford he creates “The Location of a Rectangle for the Hartford Atheneum”; later that year he takes part in the sixth MATRIX, providing instructions for a second wall drawing.
1976
Co-founds Printed Matter
With fellow artists and critics — Lucy Lippard, Pat Steir, Ingrid Sischy and others — he helps found Printed Matter, a non-profit art space in New York's Tribeca and one of the first organizations dedicated to creating and distributing artists' books.
