{"id":321,"date":"2026-05-19T13:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/contemporaryartreview\/?page_id=321"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:08:52","slug":"blinking-outside-the-box-the-treatment-of-sol-lewitts-wall-structure-in-nine-parts-each-containing-a-work-of-art-by-other-artists-1963","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/contemporaryartreview\/blinking-outside-the-box-the-treatment-of-sol-lewitts-wall-structure-in-nine-parts-each-containing-a-work-of-art-by-other-artists-1963\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinking Outside the Box: The Treatment of Sol LeWitt\u2019s Wall Structure in Nine Parts, Each Containing a Work of Art by Other Artists<\/em>, 1963"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Blinking Outside the Box: <\/strong>The Treatment of Sol LeWitt\u2019s Wall Structure in Nine Parts, Each Containing a Work of Art by Other Artists, <\/em>1963<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Kaela Nurmi, Nicholas Ecker, and Elisse Brautigam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contemporary Art Review, Volume 4 (2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Parpadeando fuera de la caja: el tratamiento de Wall Structure in Nine Parts, Each Containing a Work of Art by Other Artists<\/em>, 1963, de Sol LeWitt <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Kaela Nurmi, Nicholas Ecker, y Elisse Brautigam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contemporary Art Review, Volumen 4 (2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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electronic media, decision making, light based, collaboration, replacement, exhibition, artist intent, artist material archive<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wall Structure in Nine Parts, Each Containing a Work of Art by Other Artists<\/em> is a mixed-media artwork in Glenstone\u2019s collection created in 1963 by American artist Sol LeWitt (1928\u20132007). The artwork consists of nine boxes joined together in a 3 x 3\u2019 orientation, each containing a unique artwork by a different artist that is revealed by lights that flash on and off (fig. 1). The corner boxes are each illuminated by a 10-watt lightbulb, and the remaining boxes are illuminated by a single 75-watt lightbulb placed in the center box. The lights are wired on two different thermal flasher relays: one for the four corner lightbulbs and one for the central lightbulb. The relays turn their corresponding lights on and off. Switching at slightly different rates, the corner lightbulbs and central lightbulb alternate over time between switching in unison and switching in opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While electronic media works often pose challenges for preservation and display, even more complicated decisions must be considered when the electrical components are sixty years old. There was concern about exhibiting this sculpture with the aged thermal flasher relays and electrical wiring, as well as accurately representing the artist\u2019s intent for the flashing timing and light intensity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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medios electr\u00f3nicos, toma de decisiones, basado en la luz, colaboraci\u00f3n, reemplazo, exhibici\u00f3n, intenci\u00f3n del artista, material de archivo del artista<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wall Structure in Nine Parts, Each Containing a Work of Art by Other Artists<\/em> (Estructura de muro en nueve partes, cada una conteniendo una obra de arte de otros artistas) es una obra de arte de medios mixtos en la colecci\u00f3n Glenstone creada en 1963 por el artista estadounidense Sol Lewitt (1928-2007). La obra de arte consiste en nueve cajas unidas entre s\u00ed en una orientaci\u00f3n de 3 X 3\u2019 (0.91 x 0.91 m), y cada una contiene una obra de arte \u00fanica de un artista diferente que se revela mediante luces que se encienden y apagan (fig.1). Cada una de las cajas de las esquinas son iluminadas por una bombilla de 10-vatios, y el resto de las cajas son iluminadas por una bombilla de 75-vatios, colocada en la caja central. Las luces est\u00e1n conectadas a dos interruptores intermitentes t\u00e9rmicos diferentes: uno para las cuatro bombillas de las esquinas y otro para la bombilla central. Los interruptores encienden y apagan sus luces correspondientes. Al cambiar a ritmos ligeramente diferentes, las bombillas de las esquinas y la del centro se alternan con el tiempo, cambiando al un\u00edsono y cambiando en oposici\u00f3n. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aunque las obras de medios electr\u00f3nicos a menudo presentan desaf\u00edos para su preservaci\u00f3n y exhibici\u00f3n, se deben considerar decisiones mucho m\u00e1s complicadas cuando los componentes electr\u00f3nicos tienen sesenta a\u00f1os.  Hab\u00eda preocupaci\u00f3n sobre la exhibici\u00f3n de esta escultura con los interruptores intermitentes t\u00e9rmicos y los cables el\u00e9ctricos envejecidos, as\u00ed como por representar con precisi\u00f3n la intenci\u00f3n del artista en cuanto a los tiempos de parpadeo y la intensidad de luz.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nurmi, Kaela, Nicholas Ecker, and Elisse Brautigam. 2026. \u201cBlinking Outside the Box: The Treatment of Sol LeWitt\u2019s Wall Struc ture in Nine Parts, Each Containing a Work of Art by Other Artists, <\/em>1963 \/ Parpadeando fuera de la caja: el tratamiento de Wall  Structure in Nine Parts, Each Containing a Work of Art by Other Artists<\/em>, 1963, de Sol LeWitt.\u201d In Contemporary Art Review<\/em>, Vol. 4.  Edited by Austin Anderson, Jessica Walthew, and adrian hernandez. Washington, DC: AIC. 85\u201391.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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