Born in the bronx, new york, in 1942 and educated there, lawrence weiner made what he considers his first work as a mature artist in mill valley, california, in 1960. He created his first artists book, statements, a 64page offset publication, in 1968 and has carried this focus and technique throughout the decades. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from lawrence weiner at the discogs marketplace. Weiner was among a number of american and european artists to participate in experiments in the late 1960s that defined art as an ongoing, openended conceptual process rather than as something. A means of avoiding bureaucracy, part of the filament and the bulb, hessel museum, center for curatorial studies, bard college, annandaleonhudson, ny, april 9 may 28, 2017 llegible visible. Written on the wind pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad lawrence weiner born 1942 began his career as an artist in the early 1960s, traveling across the u. He is one of the central figures in the formation of conceptual art in the 1960s. He attended stuyvesant high school in manhattan and hunter college. After graduating from high school, weiner had a variety of jobshe worked on an oil tanker, on docks, and unloading railroad cars. Lawrence weiner s permanent installation, in front of itself. His first artworks involved interventions subversive pieces outside the art world which alter an existing work or space on canvases, objects, and the environment, such as cratering piece 1961, in which he used explosives in four corners of an open. Lawrence weiner was born in the bronx, new york, february 10, 1942.
His elegant yet utilitarian typefaces and striking monochromesstenciled, painted, inscribed, or otherwise applied to walls and surfacesinescapably alter their given context. When developing his framework he looked for typefaces that carry little cultural baggage thus allowing the clarity of message. The object by virtue of being a unique commodity becomes something that might make it impossible for people to see the art for the forest. Around 1966 the artist presented a work made of strings and stakes simply thrust into the ground. Need to knowa structure of lawrence weiner, radio play aired on wbai, 29 january 1978. Gluebound, it contains twelve general and twelve specific textbased statement pieces, offsetprinted in small, black font against white paper.
Weiner s work is distinctive in that he generally does this by using statements in language that refer to the way that these materials are composed, organised, or. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Lawrence weiner if in fact there is a context artbook d. This was a series of explosions set off in the soil, together with the resultant craters, which would seem to link weiner with the earthworks that were made by other artists over. Lawrence weiner is an american artist and an integral figure of the conceptual art movement of the 1960s alongside sol lewitt, joseph kosuth, and robert barry. For over four decades, weiner has defined art as a representation of relationships in the physical worldthe relationship of human beings to objects and objects to objects in relation to human beings. Lawrence weiner dead center, 2008 a percentforart commission. Lawrence weiners texts have appeared in all sorts of places over the last five decades, and although he sees himself as a sculptor rather than a conceptualist, he is among the trailblazers of the 1960s to present art as language. He no longer writes, but his book, statements, published by seth siegelaub in 1968, presents his work in a form generally associated with poetry a single phrase per page, with blank facing page, no punctuation, and such eccentric, nonhyphenated word breaks as from, standard, pressure. The lettering can be fabricated by anyone as long as the artists instructions are followed. Lawrence weiner essay by lynne cooke since 1967 lawrence weiner s work has been formulated by recourse to language rather than the more conventional idioms of painting or sculpture.
His statements are produced with minimal traces of authorial subjectivity. He began working in the 1960s and tends to be categorised as a conceptual arti st. Throughout his multifaceted career lawrence weiner has remained contrastingly true to his core style, steadfastly adhering to a languagebased practice. A field cratered by structured simul taneous tnt explosions. His interest in language as a medium stems from a concern with the way meaning is carried in words.
See available works on paper, prints and multiples, and installation for. Influential conceptual artist lawrence weiner is known for his languagebased sculpture and works pursuing inquiries into language and a radical redefinition of the artistviewer relationship. When weiner manipulates words they do not necessarily read or make sense as ordered statements or indeed descriptive paragraphs. 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. Lawrence weiner born new york, february 10, 1942 is an american conceptual artist. I do not mind objects, but i do not care to make them. A symposium moderated by seth siegelaub with lawrence weiner, robert barry, douglas huebler, and joseph kosuth, 1969, reprinted in lawrence weiner, p. Lawrence weiner born february 10, 1942 is an american conceptual artist, who was one of the central figures in the formation of conceptual art in the 1960s. Instead, weiner is a marketing expert, a charlatan whos good as passing as talent but is really a superb salesman. Feb 14, 2011 the artist lawrence weiner lives on a quiet street in the west village, in what was once an old laundromat built in 1910 and is now an unobtrusive fivelevel town house designed by the firm lotek. The statement of intent describes three ways that the work may exist. Lawrence weiner was born on february 10, 1942 in the bronx, new york city, new york, usa.
When siegelaub published lawrence weiners statements in 1968, a broad spectrum of. Weiner s statement of intent 1968 outlines three ways his woras may exist. Between the film frame and the page, arts santa monica, barcelona, spain, april 6 may 28, 2017. Lawrence weiner s most popular book is having been said. A removal of an amount of earth from the ground the intrusion into this hole of a st. Lawrence weiner born february 10, 1942 is one of the central figures in the formation of conceptual art in the 1960s. Lawrence weiner, coming and going venant et partant 48 p. His work often takes the form of typographic texts. After growing up in the city, he spent the late 1950s and early 1960s venturing in the united states, mexico, and canada. At 19, lawrence weiner created cratering piece by detonating four explosions in a field in california, which set him on an international art career. Lawrence weiner, one of the central figures of conceptual art, was born in 1942 in the bronx, new york.
Lawrence weiner s texts have appeared in all sorts of places over the last five decades, and although he sees himself as a sculptor rather than a conceptualist, he is among the trailblazers of the 1960s to present art as language. This article is part of our explore your world through language campaign native new yorker lawrence weiner, born in the bronx, became a trailblazer for conceptual art in the 1960s. One of the leading figures of the conceptual art scene in the late 1960s, weiner was among the first to propose a new relationship to art and to redefine the status of the artist. The crest of a wave by lawrence weiner was divided into four parts a distributed ephemeral sculpture, a wall installation, a sound work and an action together each asked what might constitute a public sculpture.
Lawrence weiner formulates his work through language. Well, when i started i was under the misimpression of a chompskian idea that all language was universal and innate. These works are seldom sitespecific so can be given new interpretations with each location and with the choice of medium. Its a quality you cannot miss in his artwork, in which big ideas are communicated using the. Lawrence weiner biography lawrence weiner on artnet. He went to the stuyvesant high school in manhattan and studied philosophy and literature at hunter college. Born and raised in the bronx, new york, lawrence weiner american, b. Primary secondary tertiary, 2002, is scaled to be housed within the height of a single precast concrete block. Moreover these linguistic art forms, mostly declarative statements, typically. Lotek is often cited for it inventive reuse of prefabricated objects like. If in fact there is a context 100 notes, 100 thoughts.
With the belief that a work need not always have a material or physical presence, weiner was among the first to advance art as a language his work consisting mainly of typography. I am not so sure any longer, but i dont know the answer. Weiner created his first book statements in 1968, a small 64 page paperback with texts. An anecdote about the origin of lawrence weiner s propositions statements. Lawrence weiner has 54 books on goodreads with 225 ratings. Lawrence weiner was born in 1942, a remarkable figure of american conceptual art. Lawrence weiner smashed to pieces in the still of the. Lawrence weiner, born february 10, 1942, bronx, new york, u. Exclusive interview with the legendary conceptual artist lawrence weiner. This dissertation explores the practice of contemporary artist lawrence weiner.
Theres also the opportunity to visit the library at the stedelijk museum. Lawrence weiners texts have appeared in all sorts of places over the last five. His first exhibition was in 1960, and his early work explored interactive concepts related to performance art. A talk about time, cruelty, hierarchy, rationality and to fuck up peoples lives. From 1968 onwards, weiner has presented his work using language and, as such, the artist is historically regarded as one of the pioneering practitioners of conceptual art. Weiner s first exhibition as an artist was in a field in mill valley, california, in 1960. Published by seth siegelaub in an edition of one thousand copies in 1968, statements is lawrence weiner s very first artist book. Lawrence weiner, md is an internal medicine specialist in niles, il and has been practicing for 34 years.
For him, language provides a medium for representing material relationships in the external world as objectively as possible. What changed within your own approach to art since, for example, your famous statement of intent in 1968. Published by seth siegelaub in an edition of one thousand copies in 1968, statements is lawrence weiners very first artist book. Lawrence weiner was born in 1942 in the bronx, new york. A pioneering conceptual artist of the 1960s, lawrence weiner was among the first to dematerialize the object of art into pure language. Lawrence wienertwenty works, a conversation with william furlong concerning 20 works by lawrence weiner presented in london 1980. Lawrence weiner was born in the bronx, new york, in 1942. Find more works of this artist at best visual art database. For his bampfa commission weiner considers the specific location. He graduated from university of illinois college of medicine in 1983 and specializes in internal medicine. When the furious students did not understand this as art, they destroyed the piece. Feb 04, 2009 a new yorker born and raised, lawrence weiners mission in life is to get straight to the point. Art that imposes conditions human or otherwise on the receiver for its appreciation in my eyes constitutes aesthetic fascism.
Certain specific statements are reproduced by kind permission of the people who own them. People, buying my stuff, can take it wherever they go and can rebuild it if they choose. He is considered a central figure in the foundation of the conceptual art movement of the 1960s. Best known for his textbased work, weiner creates subversive installations that alter an existing space or environment. For this series, artist lawrence weiner has made an artists book of new statements and instructions, in exactly the same format a6 and with the same number of pages 24 as his first contribution to documenta, in 1972. Weiner is a 1991 graduate of the university of pennsylvania school of dental medicine and former chief resident and attending at st. Mar 25, 2016 according to an interview in eye magazine. As an artist, lawrence weiner communicates his observations by using a wide variety of materials, including bricks, paint, water, string, ashes, etc.
Lawrence weiner was born in 1942 in the south bronx, new york city. Since the 1970s, wall installations, inscribed with statements written by the artist, have been a primary medium for weiner. Jun 17, 2009 in 1968 a young conceptual artist from the south bronx called lawrence weiner sat down to write a declaration of intent. Sternfeld attempts to have it both ways, mining an equivocation iktween documentary and symbolic modes by having his symbolic statements. He and his staff regularly attend continuing education lectures in order to provide patients with the highest quality care using the latest technology. Weiner obviously no knowledge of the unconscious mind and the psychology of interbeing, how an intellectual statement is a shallow version of an art made with inspiration and genius. Books by lawrence weiner author of having been said. An anecdote about the origin of lawrence weiners propositions statements.
Lawrence weiner divides his time between his studio in new york city and his boat in amsterdam. According to weiner, if the information is conveyed then the piece exists. Lawrence weiner born 1940, joseph kosuth born 1945, robert. He participates in public and private projects and exhibitions in both the new and old world maintaining that.
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