About This Project
A generative tribute to Sol LeWitt's instruction-based wall drawings. Each piece is rendered algorithmically from LeWitt's original instructions, producing unique variations with every reload.
Wall Drawing #11 (1969)A wall divided horizontally and vertically into four equal parts. Within each part, three of the four kinds of lines are superimposed.
Wall Drawing #16 (1969)Bands of lines 12 inches (30 cm) wide, in three directions (vertical, horizontal, diagonal right) intersecting.
Wall Drawing #17 (1969)Four-part drawing with a different line direction in each part.
Wall Drawing #19 (1969)A wall divided vertically into six equal parts, with two of the four kinds of line directions superimposed in each part.
Wall Drawing #38 (1970)Tissue paper cut into 1½-inch (4 cm) squares and inserted into holes in the gray pegboard walls. All holes in the walls are filled randomly.
Wall Drawing #46 (1970)Vertical lines, not straight, not touching, covering the wall evenly.
Wall Drawing #47 (1970)A wall divided into fifteen equal parts, each with a different line direction, and all combinations.
Wall Drawing #51 (1970)All architectural points connected by straight lines.
Wall Drawing #56 (1970)A square is divided horizontally and vertically into four equal parts, each with lines in four directions superimposed progressively.
Wall Drawing #65 (1971)Lines not short, not straight, crossing and touching, drawn at random, using four colors, uniformly dispersed with maximum density, covering the entire surface of the wall.
Wall Drawing #85 (1971)A wall is divided into four horizontal parts. In the top row are four equal divisions, each with lines in a different direction. In the second row, six double combinations; in the third row, four triple combinations; in the bottom row, all four combinations superimposed.
Wall Drawing #86 (1971)Ten thousand lines about 10 inches (25 cm) long, covering the wall evenly.
Wall Drawing #87 (1971)A square divided horizontally and vertically into four equal parts, each with lines and colors in four directions superimposed progressively.
Wall Drawing #88 (1971)A 6-inch (15 cm) grid covering the wall. Within each square, not straight lines in either of four directions. Only one direction in each square but as many as desired, and at least one line in each square.
Wall Drawing #95 (1971)On a wall divided vertically into fifteen equal parts, vertical lines, not straight, using four colors in all one-, two-, three-, and four-part combinations.
Wall Drawing #130 (1972)Grid and arcs from four corners.
Wall Drawing #138 (1972)Circles and arcs from the midpoints of four sides.
Wall Drawing #142 (1972)A 10-inch (25 cm) grid covering the wall. An increasing number of vertical not straight lines from the left side and horizontal not straight lines from bottom to top, adding one line per row of the grid. All lines are spaced evenly based on the number of lines, filling the last row of each direction.
Wall Drawing #154 (1973)A black outlined square with a red horizontal line from the midpoint of the left side toward the middle of the right side.
Wall Drawing #159 (1973)A black outlined square with a red diagonal line from the lower left corner toward the upper right corner; and another red line from the lower right corner to the upper left.
Wall Drawing #160 (1973)A black outlined square with a red diagonal line centered on the axis between the upper left and lower right corners and another red diagonal line centered on the axis between the lower left and upper right corners.
Wall Drawing #164 (1973)A black outlined square with a red horizontal line from the midpoint of the right side toward the middle of the left side.
Wall Drawing #237 (1974)A trapezoid whose top is half its bottom and whose left side is one and a half times the top, located by an unbroken chain of midpoint constructions between the wall’s corners, side midpoints, and center.
Wall Drawing #238 (1974)A parallelogram whose top and bottom are two and a half times the length of its left and right sides, located by an unbroken chain of midpoint constructions across the wall’s corners, side midpoints, and center.
Wall Drawing #273 (1975)A six-inch (15 cm) grid covering each of the four black walls. White lines to points on the grids. First wall: 24 lines from the center; second wall: 12 lines from the midpoint of each of the sides; third wall: 12 lines from each corner; fourth wall: 24 lines from the center, 12 lines from the midpoint of each of the sides, and 12 lines from each corner.
Wall Drawing #274 (1975)The location of six geometric figures. Works are done in black pencil with geometric figures emphasized in crayon. Every line on the wall is labeled with a code marking its role in defining a shape — e.g. R12 reads as "rectangle, first group, second line." The labels turn the wall into an exposed wiring diagram: the shapes you see and the reasoning that produced them, both legible at once.
Wall Drawing #289 (1976)A 6-inch (15 cm) grid covering the wall. White lines to specific points on the grid.
Wall Drawing #295 (1976)Six white geometric figures on a black wall. The shapes are superimposed, layered within the square.
Wall Drawing #305 (1977)The location of one hundred random specific points. Uses Sol LeWitt's vocabulary and geometric lexicon to guide the mapping of the points. This lexicon includes the corners, midpoints and center of each wall, which serve as reference points that are connected and traversed by lines and arcs. The one hundred points are specific in that they are created at the meeting of the junctures of these formal elements. As the draftsman maps out each generated point, he or she writes a description of how he or she arrived at that point next to it. This allows the viewers to trace the process of the placement of the points.
Wall Drawing #335 (1980)On four black walls, white vertical parallel lines, and in the center of the walls, eight geometric figures (including cross, X) within which are white horizontal parallel lines. The vertical lines do not enter the figures.
Wall Drawing #422 (1984)A wall divided vertically into fifteen equal parts, each with a different line direction and color, and all combinations.
Wall Drawing #630 (1989)A wall is divided horizontally into two equal parts. Top: alternating horizontal black and white 8-inch (20 cm) bands. Bottom: alternating vertical black and white 8-inch (20 cm) bands.
Wall Drawing #631 (1989)A wall is divided into two equal parts by a line drawn from corner to corner. Left: alternating diagonal black and white 8-inch (20 cm) bands from the lower left. Right: alternating diagonal black and white 8-inch (20 cm) bands from the upper right.
Wall Drawing #797 (1996)The first drafter has a black marker and makes an irregular horizontal line near the top of the wall. Then the second drafter tries to copy it (without touching it) using a red marker. The third drafter does the same, using a yellow marker. The fourth drafter does the same using a blue marker. Then the second drafter, followed by the third and fourth, copy the last line drawn until the bottom of the wall is reached.
Wall Drawing #1180 (2005)Within a circle, draw 10,000 straight and not-straight lines.