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The Concentric Influences of Sol LeWitt: Foundations, Pivots and Place
5 June to 29 August 2026 | Free
RMIT Gallery, 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Hours: Tue–Fri 11am–5pm, Sat 12pm–4pm (closed public holidays).
Sol LeWitt wall drawing realised on-site at RMIT Gallery for the first time.
The Concentric Influences of Sol LeWitt Project will open a major free exhibition and public program in partnership with RMIT Gallery on 5 June 2026.
At the centre of of the exhibition is a Sol LeWitt wall drawing - the first public LeWitt wall drawing developed and exhibited in Victoria in nearly 20 years. An aspect of LeWitt’s revolutionary practice is that his work exists as sets of instructions that are interpreted and physically realised as wall drawings on-site. Over 60 artists and RMIT staff and students assisted in bringing the work to life as part of the installation.
The exhibition is instigated and directed by Dr Irene Barberis, RMIT School of Art, and co-curated with Helen Rayment, RMIT Galleries Manager. This exhibition emerges from Barbaris’ long-term friendship and mentorship with the esteemed American conceptual artist Sol LeWitt. The LeWitt wall drawing has been generously loaned by the LeWitt family and Estate for The Concentric Influences of Sol LeWitt Project.
“I selected this wall drawing because it demonstrates the conceptual generosity of Sol LeWitt. It allows so many people the opportunity to participate in his work, a non-hierarchical and democratic artwork,” said Barberis.
Helen Rayment said the exhibition marks the presentation of a major international work at RMIT Gallery.
“Bringing a work like this to RMIT is a rare opportunity. It allows audiences to encounter a LeWitt work up close, and experience its scale and presence in the gallery,” said Rayment.
Presented alongside the Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing, this exhibition will showcase the work of an established nucleus of international artists who worked closely with LeWitt during his career: Irene Barberis (AUS), John Hogan (USA), Fransje Killaars (NLD), Janet Passehl (USA), Wilma Tabacco (AUS); with a group of invited contemporary Australian artists: Jonas Balsaitis, Emma Coulter, Sarah Duyshart, Robert Hunter, Robin Kingston, Simon Klose, Sara Lindsay, Jordan Mitchell-Fletcher, Kerrie Poliness, Antonia Sellbach, Jacqueline Stojanović, David Thomas and Anne Scott Wilson.
Curated by Irene Barberis with Helen Rayment.
The Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing is generously loaned by the LeWitt Family and Estate.
This exhibition is presented by RMIT University at RMIT Gallery.
Metasenta ® is a vital, compact arts research hub which functions internationally between Universities and the wider Arts and Business Communities. It does this by linking, networking and initiating high quality and influential international arts research projects, which have high impact outcomes, in an interdisciplinary context.
The Metasenta Pty. Ltd ® is the umbrella organization for a number of global projects initiated and Directed by Dr Irene Barberis– the Global Centre for Drawing, Metasenta Publications, Metaviews, Metaspace International, The Global Drawing Audit, Project: Global Professor, and as a Co-partner in gallery Langford120.
