Art Theory

Sol LeWitt famously said, "The idea becomes a machine that makes the art." This post explores the core of his conceptual practice, from his iconic wall drawings to his Location series, where absurdly complex sentences are used to describe simple shapes, revealing the paradox of his "Romantic-Objective" approach.

What if a musical score didn't tell you exactly what to play? We explore the 20th-century avant-garde composers who used diagrams as "open works," inviting performers and audiences into the creative process and transforming musical notation into a collaborative map of possibilities.