Structure with Three Towers 1986

Sol LeWitt made this Structure with Three Towers; a geometric sculpture made from open white cubes. It is an interesting piece. It is all about building up forms through repetition and variation. I can imagine him puzzling out the way these white cubes could be fitted together. You can see that the individual components are identical, but the overall structure has this dynamic, almost architectural feel. LeWitt was interested in systems and seriality. He would often create sets of rules or instructions that others could then follow to construct his artworks. There is a sense that the idea is the most important thing, and the execution is almost secondary. It relates to the work of other conceptual artists, like Mel Bochner. And, by the way, those open cubes remind me of the frameworks we use to understand our own existence, our own lives.