Lawrence Weiner
American artist (1942-2021) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 79
Lawrence Charles Weiner was an artist born and raised in New York City. One of the central figures in the formation of Conceptual Art in the 1960s, Lawrence Weiner explored the potentials of language as a sculptural medium.
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Lawrence Weiner at his studio on Bleecker Street in the 1960s
Lawrence Weiner constructing his work, THE RESIDUE OF A FLARE IGNITED UPON A BOUNDARY (1969) in Amsterdam
Page-spread of "Statements", ONE QUART GREEN EXTERIOR ENAMEL THROWN ON A BRICK WALL, Lawrence Weiner, 1968
Weiner's At the Same Moment painted on pilings in the East River, as seen in 2011Awards
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For him language could be presented in any format able to discourse with typical art subjects such as: language installed on a wall, printed as text in a book or catalog, spoken or performed in a film, spoken aloud in conversation, simply remembered, et cetera; as Lawrence explains in 1970:"As to construction please remember that... there is no correct way to construct the piece as there is no incorrect way to construct it. If the piece is built it constitutes not how the piece looks but only how it could look."
