Circle with Towers by SolleWitt The University of Texas at Austin is a great place that actively promotes a diversity of art around campus. One of the art work that belongs to the Landmarks’ collection, is the concrete block structure Circle with Tower by LeWitt, with the Wall Drawing #520 inside the building. The public Art Program of The University of Texas at Austin has purchased this concrete block sculpture, which is called “Circle with Towers”, from the Madison Square Park Conservancy in New York. As Sol LeWitt becomes parted of the Landmarks’ collection on the University of Texas at Austin campus, it is located on Speedway entrance to The Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex & Dell Computer Science Hall (GDC). Circle with
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He found inspiration in these rectangular blocks of pure thick concrete that he comes up with the idea of stacking these cube one by one individually that it overall it becomes a repeating motif. According to LeWitt’s famous 1967 declaration, “the idea is the machine that makes the work of art;” however, it is discernable that a majority of his work depicts a sense of hand-operated manual work. Likewise, LeWitt’s structure was constructed by hand with one block being laid on each other at a time. Andrée Bober, the director of the program states that “the selection of Sol LeWitt for computer sciences is really a poetic match.” His statement can be understood that the block concrete Circle with Tower by LeWitt is compatible and harmonious with the Computer Science building where it is located. “His instructions are a code that’s interpreted and played out by other hands, it seems to parallel the work of the programmers who will toil in this building,” says …show more content…
Without knowing much about the work’s history and background, one can simply see this work only a block of concrete. Additionally, its massive circular size nearly blocks the view to the entrance to The Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex & Dell Computer Science Hall, which impedes public direct access to the building. As mentioned earlier, the work’s grey color and concrete heavy-looking texture trigger a sense of dejection and depression that negatively influences the mood and mental health of the passerby. The ordinary geometric, yet overly simple design of the work easily bores people soon after only a few times that they pass by. There is not a lot from the structure that constantly retain people interest and attraction. Thus, it is challenging to keep people engage to the art work for a long
He found inspiration in these rectangular blocks of pure thick concrete that he comes up with the idea of stacking these cube one by one individually that it overall it becomes a repeating motif. According to LeWitt’s famous 1967 declaration, “the idea is the machine that makes the work of art;” however, it is discernable that a majority of his work depicts a sense of hand-operated manual work. Likewise, LeWitt’s structure was constructed by hand with one block being laid on each other at a time. Andrée Bober, the director of the program states that “the selection of Sol LeWitt for computer sciences is really a poetic match.” His statement can be understood that the block concrete Circle with Tower by LeWitt is compatible and harmonious with the Computer Science building where it is located. “His instructions are a code that’s interpreted and played out by other hands, it seems to parallel the work of the programmers who will toil in this building,” says …show more content…
Without knowing much about the work’s history and background, one can simply see this work only a block of concrete. Additionally, its massive circular size nearly blocks the view to the entrance to The Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex & Dell Computer Science Hall, which impedes public direct access to the building. As mentioned earlier, the work’s grey color and concrete heavy-looking texture trigger a sense of dejection and depression that negatively influences the mood and mental health of the passerby. The ordinary geometric, yet overly simple design of the work easily bores people soon after only a few times that they pass by. There is not a lot from the structure that constantly retain people interest and attraction. Thus, it is challenging to keep people engage to the art work for a long