● MOMAT Collection (2024.9.3 - 12.22)
Sep 3 –Dec 22, 2024
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
https://www.momat.go.jp/en/exhibitions/r6-2

Room 11-12 2F (Secound floor) 1970s-2010s
From the End of the Showa Period to the Present

In 2020, Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #769: A 36-inch (90cm) grid covering the black wall. All two-part combinations using arcs from corners and sides, and straight and not straight lines, systematically. (1994) was installed in Room to Consider the Building in the collection gallery on the third floor.
This term, Room 11 features artists who were LeWitt’s contemporaries and also active in New York, with a focus on the inherent features of lines and grids. In the 1960s and 70s, the art scene was dominated by Conceptual Art and Minimalism, and lines and grids were widely used. Meanwhile, turning our eyes to the city, the grid is a defining feature of New York due to the urban plan known as the Manhattan Grid. Photographs and films shot here reveal correspondences to the actual visage of the city, including the dissonance and darkness that has been a side product of its development.