Sep
21
2009
What the work of art looks like isn't too important.
- Sol LeWitt
It's week 2 in Software Design and Society and we're reading about software and drawing by Casey Reas. The article draws parallels between LeWitt's instructions for wall drawings and contemporary works of software art.
Here's a list of links/resources about LeWitt's work:
- Sentences on Conceptual Art by Sol LeWitt
- A Wall Drawing Retrospective at Mass MOCA
- DIY Sol LeWitt
- National Gallery of Art
- NPR's All Things Considered on LeWitt
- Sol LeWitt's Wikipedia Page
Other links about conceptual art, fluxus and instructional artworks:
- Grapefruit by Yoko Ono
- Selected Instruction Pieces by Yoko Ono
- 100(11) Instruction Works by Kanarinka
- The Fluxus Performance Workbook
- Fluxus Portal - history, archive, & news about Fluxus art
- blog post about Instructional Art
- a definition of Conceptual Art
- one definition of fluxus art
- one article about Fluxus
- Do IT at e-flux
- Life in Fluxus by Arthur Danto
- Programming for Dummies