Artist: Sol Lewitt
Artwork: Incomplete Open Cubes
Materials: Painted aluminum

Incomplete Open Cubes by Sol Lewitt is a collection of different incomplete cubes which are approximately 3'6" in height as well as its width. Each cube in this collection has different segments missing from it. But to be able to see that you have to take a double glance at it due to the fact that the minds eye fills in all of the missing pieces. This very simple sculpture has been created to manipulate the eye. The space that has been left open on the sides of the cube create a unique form. A form, that when focused on seems to shift and play with the brain. It becomes hard to distinguish if the right angle is coming towards you are receding. This 3D figure creates an awkward feeling. Even the area around the figure seems to be altered creating shadows onto areas behind it that aren't there. The white hue that has been applied to the aluminum cube figure creates the feeling of the cube being clean. Which creates two different feelings. White, typically meaning something is innocent or clean is completely ignored. This cube is incomplete and not something that I would assimilate to either. Lewitt's unique mockery of cubes is very interesting. The reason to why he created Incomplete Open Cubes is because he wanted to know what incomplete cubes would look like. So, he formed many different ways that a cube could be incomplete.