Sol LeWitt's Wall Drawing #1136, 2004. © The estate of Sol LeWitt. Picture: John Wilson White _460
A VIBRANT wall drawing by influential American artist Sol LeWitt was put on display at Tate Liverpool yesterday.
The work spans the 22m-long wall of the ground floor gallery.
A pioneer of Conceptual Art and Minimalism, LeWitt created a set of instructions before his death in 2007 to enable gallery assistants to create his colourful pieces.
More than 1,200 of his wall drawings have been executed so far, and his art continues to influence artists and fascinate audiences in various sites across the world.
Wall Drawing #1136 (2004) was first installed at Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.
The display at Tate Liverpool is part of the Artists Rooms project, in which 18 UK museums and galleries are showing works from the collection of art dealer Anthony d’Offay.
It was acquired by the nation with the help of the Art Fund, in February, 2008, and is now managed by Tate.
LeWitt’s work is available to view until September 13, with free admission. The show will run in parallel with Tate Liverpool’s exhibition Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today, which opens on May 29.
