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The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York

Focus: Sol LeWitt
December 5, 2008-June 29, 2009
Fourth floor

Over the course of his prolific, influential career, Sol LeWitt (American, 1928–2007) produced more than 1,200 wall drawings. This installation, which fills a single large gallery, features one of LeWitt's celebrated examples from the Museum's collection, Wall Drawing #260 (1975). The work's subtitle serves to describe the installation: "on black walls, all two-part combinations of white arcs from corners and sides, and white straight, not-straight, and broken lines." Although LeWitt's wall drawings evoke the tradition of Italian fresco paintings, they have established a distinct tradition of their own, in which linear systems, determined by LeWitt in advance, are carried out by others, be they artists, trained assistants, or novice volunteers, based upon his instructions. LeWitt compared his role to that of a composer who creates a score that may be played by musicians for generations to come. The concept—or score—remains constant, but the wall drawing, like a musical performance, will vary slightly each time it is realized anew.

Organized by Cora Rosevear, Associate Curator, with Veronica Roberts, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture.

This exhibition, part of an ongoing series highlighting noteworthy aspects of the Museum's collection, is made possible by BNP Paribas.

Upcoming related events:

Monday, December 8, 2008
1:30 p.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Sol LeWitt
With Veronica Roberts

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Focus: Jasper Johns
December 5, 2008–February 16, 2009
The Paul J. Sachs Prints and Illustrated Books Galleries, second floor

To celebrate the acquisition of a new series of works on paper by Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930), a selection of his paintings, drawings, and prints, all from the Museum's collection, will be on view in the Prints and Illustrated Books Galleries. The untitled series from 2001 is based on Johns's "Catenary" theme, named for the curve formed by a cord hanging between two fixed points. In these thirteen compositions, Johns utilized acrylic, collage, watercolor, and gouache, over aquatint and etching, to layer various motifs and reveal new meanings. The series constitutes a highly illuminating display of the artist's creative process and will be seen in the context of other works, in a variety of mediums, which demonstrate Johns's longstanding practice of reinvestigating a repertoire of images, including flags, numerals, cross-hatchings, body parts, and studies of the four seasons.

Organized by Deborah Wye, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Chief Curator for Prints and Illustrated Books, The Museum of Modern Art.

Upcoming related events:

Sunday, December 14, 2008
11:30 a.m.
Lectures & Gallery Talks | Gallery Talks
Focus: Jasper Johns
With Jennifer Katanic

Image: Sol LeWitt

Press contact
Paul Jackson, 212/708-9593 or paul_jackson@moma.org

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