Lawrence Weiner

born 1942

In Tate Britain

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Biography

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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Artworks

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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 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 CRUSHED BETWEEN COBBLESTONES

1988
Lawrence Weiner CROSSED OVER (&) JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE

1990

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Artist as subject

Robert Mapplethorpe Lawrence Weiner

1982, printed 1991
Barry Flanagan Larry Weiner

1973, reprinted c.1983

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Film and audio

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ARTIST ROOMS Lawrence Weiner – Woodhorn Museum

We visit Woodhorn Museum for their Art Gala Day hosted by The Mindfuls
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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

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Tate Etc

When I use a word... it means just what I choose it to mean

Sam Thorne

Alice in Wonderland II
Tate Papers

Curating by Numbers: Landmark Exhibitions Issue

Lucy R. Lippard

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

Koen Brams

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

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

Lucy Gunning , Jo Melvin and Victoria Worsley

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

Thomas Kellein

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
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Bound to fail: Open Systems I

Christy Lange

The late 1960s saw a radical rethinking of the art object, with the emphasis shifting away from the static artwork ...