This isn't the version of Scribbles by Sol LeWitt that I saw painted directly onto the wall at the Whitney (because no photography allowed), but it was rather like this, with the white path more central. This would have fitted in with my theoretical discourse essay (not that I needed it) because, according to the caption, LeWitt (a minimalist par excellence) wrote: 'the idea makes the art'. By following a set of instructions, a team created this wall drawing. The artist didn't handle it himself at all. Think Gallé. Think Lalique. Even the eponymous Eiffel Tower (actually designed by Maurice Koechlin & Emile Nouguier whom no one has heard of). If 'the idea makes the art' (and isn't that too glib) then it's OK for me to be getting technical assistance. Discuss.
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