Samantha Boyd.
art
11-5-09

Sol Lewitt's wall drawing is an extrodinary piece of artwork. It was drawn by Takeshi Arita and Eileen Jeng. The art is drawn on the wall, with layers and layers of graphite.The art is entirely made of thousands of controlled scribbles. Although once you look at it, it might remind you of gradient squares. The layers are so dark that on the edges it looks black, and as you work your way to the middle it seems white even though it is a light gray. This proves that scribbles can be art.
By scribbles i mean, a random circle or line made my a pen, pencil, or marker. By art I mean something that is pleasing to the eye, something beautiful. Scribbles can be art because when they are "controlled" they can form any piece of art that the artist wants them to. By controlled I mean a scribble that has been placed stragically in a specific spot.
The evidence is Sol Lewitt's wall drawing number 1257,Scribbles. These controlled scribbles are arranged from light to dark, or dark to light. According to Eileen Jeng, one of the artists, once they got the general idea of what the drawing was supposed to look like they just added scribbles when they were needed. One might object and say that anyone can do scribbles, even a child. They are correct, but a child can not organize "random" scribbles into something that resembles a gradient square.
In conclusion Sol Lewitt's wall drawing 1257, scribbles is a perfect example oh how many ways are can take different shapes and forms.

Do you need authorization to do one of these drawings? I´d like to execute one.