Incomplete Open Cube 8/3

In 1974 Sol LeWitt produced a series of 122 painted aluminum sculptures, titled Variations of Incomplete Open Cubes. The different combinations of three to eleven edges, or "parts, " encourage the viewer to mentally construct a complete cube--for LeWitt, a symbol of three-dimensionality. Here, you see the third combination of eight parts that imply a cube. Although LeWitt rejected the term "minimalism" as demeaning to his art, his use of forms distilled to their pure geometric essences links him to the Minimalist movement. LeWitt considers himself a conceptual artist and emphasizes the process of creation, from initial idea to finished work. In his view, "The idea becomes the machine that makes the art."