Sol LeWitt in Memoriam

Sol LeWitt, a pioneer of conceptual art and one of the most influential American artists of the 20th century, passed away on April 8, 2007. To celebrate the life and work of this influential figure, the MCA, Chicago, presents a special exhibition of his work, Sol LeWitt In Memoriam, from May 2 to August 5, 2007.

Featuring eight works of art, the exhibition includes a sequence from One-, Two-, Three-, and Four-Part Combinations of Vertical, Horizontal, and Diagonal Left and Right Bands of Color (1993-94), which represents his more recent, colorful style, and a selection of lithographs from Suite of 16 in Color (1971) that shows a progression of horizontal, vertical, and diagonal marks in black, yellow, blue, and red which represents his more spare style of the 1970s.

The exhibition traces LeWitt's long history with the MCA, including major exhibitions in 1979 and 2000, along with a selection of his artists' books.

Sol Le Witt in Memoriam