Practice question · True or false
Sol LeWitt's Variations of Incomplete Open Cubes arrives at 122 distinct arrangements.
Hints
- The work enumerates rather than selects.
- The number is a result of the procedure, not a decision.
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True
Why
True, and the number is a finding rather than a choice. Once "incomplete" and "three-dimensionally distinct" are defined, the count follows, and the artist's job becomes execution and presentation. That is exactly what distinguishes a system from a series that merely feels systematic.
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