In her article From Concept to Object: The Artistic Practice of Drawing, Lynn Gumpert briefly discusses the major role of drawing within Conceptual Art during the 1960s and 70s (51). Sol LeWitt’s wall drawings are provided as an example where the drawings are created by installers based on instructions by the artist. Gumpert quotes Rebecca Lee’s statement on LeWitt’s intentions, “LeWitt challenges one of society’s most deeply held beliefs about drawing – that it must be a personalized, unique expression of the artist’s own hand”(52). What becomes the relationship of the drawing to the original work, which are the instructions? Is the drawing part of the artwork? Does the drawing need to be present with the instructions? Do the instructions need to present with the drawing? Can one exist without the other? How does this type of art production relate to Jeff Koon’s practice?
Gumpert, Lynn. “From Concept to Object: The Artistic Practice of Drawing.” Drawing/Thinking Confronting an Electronic Age. Ed. Marc Treib. London: Routledge, 2008. 46-58. Print.