Tag Archives: Sol LeWitt

Every Picture Tells A Story

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Chris Karcher

|There’s a little part of the art world not widely traveled offering a nuanced view of an artist’s oeuvre called Ephemera.| By definition, ephemera are “items designed to be useful or important for only a short time, especially pamphlets, notices, … Continue reading →

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A Life of Ideas

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Chris Karcher

|Lary Bloom isn’t in the art business, he was a friend of LeWitt, and as such this biography is more about the man than his art.| There were several curious aspects to my purchase of an original pen and ink … Continue reading →

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Random Thoughts on Art: The Calligraphic School of Painting?

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Chris Karcher

|The late hard-edged paintings by both of these artists inform each other, but the calligraphic-like images show another alignment of thought leading to a similar solution.| While reviewing some black and white photos of painting exhibits from the late 1930’s … Continue reading →

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Reconsidering Sol Lewitt: Spring 2018

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Chris Karcher

Portrait of American artist Sol LeWitt, New York, August 1969. (Photo by Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) This short note is inspired by the fact that Sol LeWitt died in April 2007, and since then exhibits of work created after his … Continue reading →

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What an idea looks like

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Chris Karcher

|“Those who understand art only by what it looks like often do not understand very much at all.” -Sol LeWitt, 1973| For reasons most people will not understand, I’m excited about a little work recently added to my collection of … Continue reading →

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