Lawrence Weiner
born 1942
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Lawrence Weiner (born February 10, 1942) is one of the central figures in the formation of conceptual art in the 1960s. His work often takes the form of typographic texts.
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Lawrence Weiner STRAIGHT DOWN TO BELOW
1988
Lawrence Weiner TAKEN TO AS DEEP AS THE SEA CAN BE
2005
Lawrence Weiner TIED UP IN KNOTS
1988
Lawrence Weiner CRUSHED BETWEEN COBBLESTONES
1988
Lawrence Weiner CROSSED OUT (&) AND JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE
1990
Lawrence Weiner SILVER THREADS ENTWINED IN THREADS OF GOLD
1988
Lawrence Weiner FIRE AND BRIMSTONE SET IN A HOLLOW FORMED BY HAND
1988
Lawrence Weiner CROSSED OVER (&) JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE
1990
Artist as subject
Robert Mapplethorpe Lawrence Weiner
1982, printed 1991
Barry Flanagan Larry Weiner
1973, reprinted c.1983
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ARTIST ROOMS Lawrence Weiner – Woodhorn Museum
We visit Woodhorn Museum for their Art Gala Day hosted by The Mindfuls
TateShots
In the Studio with Lawrence Weiner
Lawrence Weiner on working with words, why he’s against Helvetica, and how he came to design his own font
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Talking Art: Lawrence Weiner
Following his highly acclaimed retrospective 'As far as the eye can see' (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York), Lawrence ...
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Lawrence Weiner: Talking Art
Lawrence Weiner discusses his work with art historian and critic John Slyce.
Features
Blog
ARTIST ROOMS blog: Lawrence Weiner and The Mindfuls
Terri Nelson of Woodhorn Museum's young peoples' group The Mindfuls tells us about their work in text, poetry, silent ...
Blog
Tate Debate: when do words become art?
When does written text become visual art? That's the question we've been asking you at Tate Modern - and ...
Tate Papers
Curating by Numbers: Landmark Exhibitions Issue
This paper looks back at the author’s curatorial practice, with a focus on her ‘number shows’ and their randomly ...
Tate Papers
Two Exhibition-Related Films by Jef Cornelis: Landmark Exhibitions Issue
This discussion of two films made for television in 1971 by Flemish filmmaker Jef Cornelis brings into relief an underlying ...
Tate Etc
Books Etc. Lawrence Weiner
Claire Nichols reviews Lawrence Weiner’s As Far as the Eye Can See. Edited by Donna De Salvo and Ann Goldstein ...
Tate Papers
Tangentially: The Archive and the Bathroom
This paper discusses the role of the archive in relation to the artistic process, through the work of Lucy Gunning ...
Tate Etc
Thirty years of eternity: Walter de Maria
Broken Kilometer, as Kellein writes, surpasses many other great works: "Even Barnett Newman's 'zip' paintings, Dan Flavin's fluorescent ...
Tate Etc
Tate Etc. issue 9: Spring 2007
Tate Etc. issue 9, spring 2007 online version of Tate's magazine
Tate Etc
Bound to fail: Open Systems I
The late 1960s saw a radical rethinking of the art object, with the emphasis shifting away from the static artwork ...
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