Film about one of the founders of conceptual art and minimalism who dramatically changed our understanding of art.
Sol LeWitt avoided interviews, shunned socializing, and couldn’t stand being called “a creative person.” His work raises the question of where conceptual principles end and where the quest for beauty begins. “I really believe that art is not something that's laid down as frosting on the cake of society,” he said in one of his interviews. “I think that aesthetics and ethics are really very much the same kind of thing.” Chris Teerink’s documentary (with a meditative soundtrack by Machinefabriek) offers a glimpse into Sol LeWitt’s life.
Sol LeWitt
Chris Teerink. USA/Netherlands/Italy, 2012. 87 minutes
This screening is supported by the Embassy of the United States in Moscow.