A mural by the Conceptual art pioneer, Sol Lewitt, will head to the lobby of the Jewish Community Center on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Wall Drawing #599; Circles 18 (1989) will be installed at the end of July, making it the 20th Lewitt work in a public space in New York City.
The drawing, which features a bull’s eye comprised of yellow, blue, red and white concentric circles, is on long-term loan from Lewitt’s estate and measures 36 by 11 feet. Scaffolding has been delivered to the site and workers have begun mapping out Lewitt’s design. Laborers will use sandpaper, cotton rags, acrylic paint, plastic buckets and water to properly install the work.
A complementary exhibition, Sol Lewitt Shaping Ideas, will be on view at the Jewish Community Center’s Laurie M. Tisch Gallery starting August 15, 2013. The show will include works on paper and time-lapse videos of installations of Lewitt’s various wall drawings. An interactive map will indicate where all of the artist’s public works are located throughout New York City.
