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In 1968, the American conceptual artist Sol LeWitt starting making drawing directly on walls, rather than on paper or canvas that would be placed on the wall. In this return to the scale of frescos, his drawings within grids integrated into architecture to transform the space. His Wall Drawing 291 from 1976 is a striking work, with a strong similarity to 10 PRINT. Instead of the binary decision within 10 PRINT, LeWitt's drawing allows for horizontal and vertical lines, to create four choices for each grid element. Also like 10 PRINT, LeWitt's work is encoded as an algorithm. Unlike 10 PRINT, the instructions are in English, rather than BASIC: | In 1968, the American conceptual artist Sol LeWitt starting making drawing directly on walls, rather than on paper or canvas that would be placed on the wall. In this return to the scale of frescos, his drawings within grids integrated into architecture to transform the space. His Wall Drawing 291 from 1976 is a striking work, with a strong similarity to 10 PRINT. Instead of the binary decision within 10 PRINT, LeWitt's drawing allows for horizontal and vertical lines, to create four choices for each grid element. Also like 10 PRINT, LeWitt's work is encoded as an algorithm. Unlike 10 PRINT, the instructions are in English, rather than BASIC: | ||
| − | 291. A 12” (30cm) grid covering a black wall. Within each 12” (30cm) square, a vertical, horizontal, diagonal right or diagonal left line bisecting the square. All squares are filled. (The direction of the line in each square is determined by the draftsman.) | + | 291. A 12” (30cm) grid covering a black wall. Within each 12” (30cm) square, |
| + | a vertical, horizontal, diagonal right or diagonal left line bisecting the | ||
| + | square. All squares are filled. (The direction of the line in each square is | ||
| + | determined by the draftsman.) | ||
This grid-based wall drawing wasn't an isolated work within LeWitt's output. He created dozens of similar drawings, each with slightly different rules and allowing for varied lines including arcs and dotted lines. | This grid-based wall drawing wasn't an isolated work within LeWitt's output. He created dozens of similar drawings, each with slightly different rules and allowing for varied lines including arcs and dotted lines. | ||
