Altered to Suit (Sol LeWitt Incomplete Open Cube 5/9, 1974)
2004
A precise yet conceptually charged sculpture in coated aluminium, this work by Jonathan Monk engages in a dialogue with Sol LeWitt's iconic Incomplete Open Cube series, specifically reinterpreting the 5/9 variant from 1974. Monk's intervention subtly alters LeWitt's rigorous minimalist framework, questioning notions of authorship, appropriation, and artistic legacy. The clean geometric structure, rendered in sleek coated aluminium, balances fidelity to its source material with a quiet but deliberate act of transformation.
- Medium
- coated aluminium
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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December 7, 2017
Artists in conversation
Sol LeWitt
American · b. 1928
The direct source of this work, LeWitt's Incomplete Open Cube series uses geometric aluminium structures to explore systematic minimalist logic and conceptual rigor, sharing the exact formal language and three dimensional open lattice construction seen in Monk's appropriation.
Haim Steinbach
Israeli American · b. 1944
Steinbach similarly engages with appropriation and institutional critique through precise geometric and manufactured objects, questioning authorship and the cultural framing of minimalist aesthetics in a conceptually loaded contemporary practice.
Sherrie Levine
American · b. 1947
Levine's post modern practice of directly appropriating and reinterpreting canonical artworks by male modernist artists mirrors Monk's strategy of altering LeWitt's established work to interrogate authorship, originality, and artistic legacy.
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