ART CITIES:N.York-Carl Andre’s Works on Paper

A selection of Andre’s poems, collages, and works on paper providing a window into his longtime friendship with Sol LeWitt, exposing the productive dialogue between the two influential artists and giving access to exceptional aspects of Andre’s diverse artistic thought and interests.

By Dimitris Lempesis
Photo: Dia Art Foundation Archive

“This selection of gifts, correspondence, and poems dedicated to Sol LeWitt offers a perspective on Carl Andre’s dialogic mind, and help us complete the picture of his artistic practice”, said Yasmil Raymond, Curator, Dia Art Foundation. The exhibition, comprising over 200 papers, was organized in two parts. The first part presented Andre’s correspondences with LeWitt and was on view from 7/6-18/10/14. The exhibition included a selection of rare pieces, such as a collage of printed cutouts of philosopher Baruch Spinoza’s biography, a figure often invoked by Andre when discussing LeWitt’s work. The second part is on view until 12/4/15 and focus on Andre’s poetry. A highlight is a signed edition of Andre’s masterpiece Stillanovel, a long typewritten poem produced in 1972 and dedicated to Sol LeWitt and photographer and filmmaker Hollis Frampton, both of whom shared Andre’s fascination with the work of Eadweard Muybridge. Other poems offered to LeWitt over the years accompany this masterwork.

Info: A Friendship: Carl Andre’s Works on Paper from the LeWitt Collection, Dan Flavin Art Institute*, Corwith Ave, off Main St, Bridgehampton, N. York, Duration: 7/6/14-12/4/15, Days & Hours: Sat-Sun: 12:00-18:00

*Dan Flavin Art Institute, established by the artist Flavin in conjunction with the Dia Art Foundation. Opened to the public since 1983, the renovated building previously housed a firehouse and a church and now shows nine of Flavin’s iconic florescent light works dating from 1963 to 1981. Conceived as a single installation, these works occupy the top floor and are accompanied by a gallery downstairs.