
Sol LeWitt and his Wall Drawing #993, at the Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo credit: Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.
Sol LeWitt
Your geometry teacher asks you to make a drawing using “arcs and bands in color.” What would this look like? Do you think you and the person sitting next to you would interpret this phrase the same way?
Arcs and Bands in Color is the title of the 1999 work by American artist Sol LeWitt on the cover. Look carefully. Do you see examples of arcs within the image? Bands? Color? This abstract artist combines seemingly simple lines and shapes into eye-catching geometric designs. His most famous works are larger-than-life drawings and paintings executed directly on museum and gallery walls. And while his works are visually interesting, it’s his ideas that really dazzle viewers.