Practice question · True or false
An assistant can produce a genuine Sol LeWitt wall drawing without the artist ever touching the surface, provided they follow his specified guidelines.
Hints
- Ask what actually changes hands when such a work is sold.
- The wall itself can be painted over.
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True
Why
True, and it changes what owning a painting means. The buyer receives a diagram and a certificate; the wall can be painted over and the work remade elsewhere without loss. Execution is a performance of the piece rather than the piece, which is what "the idea becomes a machine that makes the art" is asserting.
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