Sol LeWitt. Double Negative Pyramid

SOL LEWITT

The erection of Double Negative Pyramid by Sol LeWitt (born 1928) was a significant event in the history of Europos Parkas. Composed of concrete blocks, the geometrical structure is 5,6 metres high and 12 metres wide.

LeWitt’s structures established his central position within the Minimal and Conceptual art movements during the 1960s. The artist tends to call his works “structures”, and not “sculptures”, “structure” being one of the most important leitmotifs of his work, the basis of his ideas. The relationships between painting and sculpture, between two- and three-dimensional projection, between image and object, between open modular structures and closed forms, are embodied in LeWitt’s work.

Shadows falling from one element to another soften its strict geometry. Daily and seasonal cycles ­ the lighting and moods of nature ­ play the sculpture like a musical composition.

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