An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, Cabinet / MASS MoCA
“An Exchange with Sol LeWitt”
A two-part exhibition presented by Cabinet and MASS MoCA
Curated by Regine Basha
Cabinet
January 21, 2011 – March 5, 2011
Opening:
Thursday, January 20, 7–9 pm
300 Nevins Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
www.cabinetmagazine.org
MASS MoCA
January 23, 2011 – March 31, 2011
Opening:
Saturday, January 22, 7–9 pm
87 Marshall Street
North Adams, MA 01247
www.massmoca.org
Although celebrated for the revolutionary role he played in the development of both Conceptualism and Minimalism, Sol LeWitt was also renowned for his exchanges of artwork with various artists throughout his lifetime. For LeWitt, the act of exchange seemed to be not only a personal gesture, but also an integral part of his conceptual practice. In addition to encouraging the circulation of artworks through a gift economy that challenged the art world’s dominant economic model, LeWitt’s exchanges with friends and strangers have the same qualities of generosity and risk that characterized his work in general. In the spirit of continuing the artist’s lifelong philosophy of open exchange, and in conjunction with the “LeWitt Wall Drawing Retrospective” on view at MASS MoCA through 2033, MASS MoCA and Cabinet present “An Exchange with Sol LeWitt”—a curatorial project initiated by independent curator Regine Basha. The two-part exhibition will be on view at Cabinet from January 21 through March 5, 2011 and in MASS MoCA’s Prints and Drawings Gallery from January 23 through March 31, 2011.
