Buried Cube Containing An Object Of Importance But Little Value

Buried cube containing an object of importance but little value In 1968 he heralded this move away from minimalism with a work which he buried in a garden and gave the pooh like title of buried cube containing an object of importance but little value.

Buried cube containing an object of importance but little value. The title references the ambivalence that designates these artists attitudes toward art. Buried cube containing an object of importance but little value was created in 1968 by sol lewitt in conceptual art style. Black and white photographs mounted on board 12 11 16 x 10 1 2 in. This is one of the most important videos because it is an interview with lewitt himself.

Sol lewitt buried cube containing an object of importance but little value 1968. The earliest work in the exhibition buried cube containing an object of importance but little value 1968 presents a grid of nine black white photographs of the artist s friends apparently digging a grave and burying a small wooden box. The absent drawing is a conceptual work avant la lettre and a precursor to works like sol lewitt s buried cube containing an object of importance but little value 1968 a gag piece where lewitt supposedly interred a simple cube in a collector s yard and with it he buried minimalism s object centered approach. It was a deadpan joke about waving goodbye to minimalism.

Buried cube containing an object of importance but little value. Since he is such an inspirational conceptual artist i found this video important to include because he talks about his initial concepts and his thoughts on conceptual art. Without seeing the event taking place or knowing what is held within the. Buried cube containing an object of importance but little value 1968 was a cube that he buried in a collector s garden.

He documented the sculpture in photographs in the first one he stands next to the cube.