Kjell wanders the Garden.
April 20, 1998. (video only)


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Sol LeWitt
X WITH COLUMNS  1985-1988
cinder block, concrete
Partial gift of the artist with funds provided by the Judy and Kenneth Dayton Garden Fund; materials provided by Anchor Block Company, 1996
photo: Kjell Olsen

 

Kjell responds to a series of questions regarding this sculpture.

1. What do you see when you look at this sculpture?
A multiple-sided four-way divider with slits.

2. What would you name this sculpture?
Compass of Cinder

3. Why? What is it about the sculpture that made you give it the name you did?
I gave it the name I did because it points N, S, E, W and it's made of cinder block.


4. What did the artist name it? Why do you think s/he gave it that name?
He gave it the name X with Columns because from above it looks like an X and it has columns.

5. What do you like about the picture you took of the sculpture?
I like how it catches the sun and how it's focused mostly on the sculpture.