Lawrence Weiner

Lawrence Weiner Cv

Lawrence Weiner is one of the most significant and iconic artists of our generation. Throughout his practice he has pursued inquiries into language and a radical redefinition of the artist/viewer relationship. Translating his investigations into linguistic structures and visual systems across varied formats and manifestations, he has produced books, films, videos, performances and audio works.

The belief at the core of Lawrence Weiner's work is that art is a material reality between human beings and objects and between sets of objects in relation to human beings. Weiner considers language to be a sculptural material and believes that a construction in language can function as sculpture as adequately as a fabricated object. His statement of intent published in 1969 states:

THE ARTIST MAY CONSTRUCT THE WORK
THE WORK MAY BE FABRICATED
THE WORK NEED NOT BE BUILT
EACH BEING EQUAL AND CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE ARTIST THE DECISION AS TO CONDITION RESTS WITH THE RECEIVER UPON THE OCCASION OF RECEIVERSHIP

As a proposition or statement, each work need not be confined to an existence in one realised form, place or time but might be constructed in different contexts.

Lawrence Weiner lives and works in New York.
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Lawrence Weiner Press

Globe and Mail, March 2009
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The Guardian Online, June 2009
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Lawrence Weiner Exhibitions

Lawrence Weiner, BE THAT AS IT MAY  November 28, 2012 - January 12, 2013
Lawrence Weiner - OFFSIDES  February 6 - March 15, 2008
Lawrence Weiner  October 19 - November 23, 2005

Lawrence Weiner Public Exhibitions

CURRENT

Written on the wind - drawings by Lawrence Weiner
Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona, Spain
8 March - 24 June 2013
MACBA (13)

PAST

dOCUMENTA (13)
Kassel
9 June - 16 September 2012
dOCUMENTA (13)

54th Venice Biennale - Personal Structures
Palazzo Bembo, Venice
4 June - 27 November 2011
Personal Structures

Just Love Me
MUDAM Luxembourg
9 October - 30 January 2010
MUDAM

Lawrence Weiner: Works
Pavement
MMU, Manchester
30 September - 12 December 2010
MMU

Lawrence Weiner Images

Lawrence Weiner <i>This as that be that as it may,</i>2012 Language & the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner This as that be that as it may,2012 Language & the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner <i>Swathed in shining metal to conceal corrosion & appear to elude entropy on the whole,</i> 2012 Language & the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner Swathed in shining metal to conceal corrosion & appear to elude entropy on the whole, 2012 Language & the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner <i>Pushed as if & left as is,</i> 2012 Language & the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner Pushed as if & left as is, 2012 Language & the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner Outdoor commission of AS TO BE IN PLAIN SIGHT at the Denver Art Museum, Colorado, 2011
Lawrence Weiner Outdoor commission of AS TO BE IN PLAIN SIGHT at the Denver Art Museum, Colorado, 2011
Lawrence Weiner Outdoor commission at the University of California, San Francisco, 2011
Lawrence Weiner Outdoor commission at the University of California, San Francisco, 2011
Lawrence Weiner Outdoor project sponsored by Creative Time: The World & Nearer Ones at Governor's Island, NYC, 2009
Lawrence Weiner Outdoor project sponsored by Creative Time: The World & Nearer Ones at Governor's Island, NYC, 2009
Lawrence Weiner Installation view of The Other Side Of Cul-De-Sac exhibition and commission at The Power Plant, Toronto, 2009
Lawrence Weiner Installation view of The Other Side Of Cul-De-Sac exhibition and commission at The Power Plant, Toronto, 2009
Lawrence Weiner <i>BROUGHT UP TO SPEED,</i> 2009 Vinyl decals on wall Dimensions variable Permanent installation Dallas Cowboys Stadium
Lawrence Weiner BROUGHT UP TO SPEED, 2009 Vinyl decals on wall Dimensions variable Permanent installation Dallas Cowboys Stadium
Lawrence Weiner Italian Pavilion at 52nd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, 2007
Lawrence Weiner Italian Pavilion at 52nd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, 2007
Lawrence Weiner <i>AT A TANGENT TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE INFINITY, </i>2006 Language and the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner AT A TANGENT TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE INFINITY, 2006 Language and the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner <i>LEAD ON GLASS, </i>2005 Language & the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner LEAD ON GLASS, 2005 Language & the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner <i>Inside & Outside of Itself, </i>2005 Work in Situ Austria, Museum der Moderne Salzburg. November 26-December 12, 2005.
Lawrence Weiner Inside & Outside of Itself, 2005 Work in Situ Austria, Museum der Moderne Salzburg. November 26-December 12, 2005.
Lawrence Weiner <i>Made To Produce A Spark </i> Work in situ Italy: Museo D'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli Torino March 28-July 30, 2006.
Lawrence Weiner Made To Produce A Spark Work in situ Italy: Museo D'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli Torino March 28-July 30, 2006.
Lawrence Weiner <i>WITHIN A REALM OF RELATIVE FORM, </i>2005 Language and the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner WITHIN A REALM OF RELATIVE FORM, 2005 Language and the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner <i>TURNED AS THE WORLD TURNS, </i>2001 Language and the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner TURNED AS THE WORLD TURNS, 2001 Language and the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner Por Si Mismo Spain: Palacio de Cristal, and MNCARS Library Museo Nacional-Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid April 19-June 24, 2001
Lawrence Weiner Por Si Mismo Spain: Palacio de Cristal, and MNCARS Library Museo Nacional-Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid April 19-June 24, 2001
Lawrence Weiner <i>Displacement </i> New York: DIA Center for the Arts. April 4 1991 -June 1992
Lawrence Weiner Displacement New York: DIA Center for the Arts. April 4 1991 -June 1992
Lawrence Weiner <i>Rot enough to lead to a lapse in the ability to support of a beam, </i>1986 Language and the materials referred to Dimensions variable
Lawrence Weiner Rot enough to lead to a lapse in the ability to support of a beam, 1986 Language and the materials referred to Dimensions variable

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