Lawrence Weiner

born 1942

Lawrence Weiner, ‘STRAIGHT DOWN TO BELOW’ 1988
STRAIGHT DOWN TO BELOW 1988
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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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Conceptual art

Artworks

Lawrence Weiner, ‘STRAIGHT DOWN TO BELOW’ 1988

Lawrence Weiner STRAIGHT DOWN TO BELOW

1988
AR00131
Lawrence Weiner, ‘TAKEN TO AS DEEP AS THE SEA CAN BE’ 2005

Lawrence Weiner TAKEN TO AS DEEP AS THE SEA CAN BE

2005
T12039
Lawrence Weiner, ‘TIED UP IN KNOTS’ 1988

Lawrence Weiner TIED UP IN KNOTS

1988
AR00136
Lawrence Weiner, ‘CROSSED OUT (&) AND JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE’ 1990

Lawrence Weiner CROSSED OUT (&) AND JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE

1990
T12010
Lawrence Weiner, ‘FIRE AND BRIMSTONE SET IN A HOLLOW FORMED BY HAND’ 1988

Lawrence Weiner FIRE AND BRIMSTONE SET IN A HOLLOW FORMED BY HAND

1988
AR00132
Lawrence Weiner, ‘CROSSED OVER (&) JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE’ 1990

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

1990
T12007
Lawrence Weiner, ‘CRUSHED BETWEEN COBBLESTONES’ 1988

Lawrence Weiner CRUSHED BETWEEN COBBLESTONES

1988
AR00140
Lawrence Weiner, ‘SILVER THREADS ENTWINED IN THREADS OF GOLD’ 1988

Lawrence Weiner SILVER THREADS ENTWINED IN THREADS OF GOLD

1988
AR00133
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Artist as subject

Robert Mapplethorpe, ‘Lawrence Weiner’ 1982, printed 1991

Robert Mapplethorpe Lawrence Weiner

1982, printed 1991
AR00218
Barry Flanagan, ‘Larry Weiner’ 1973, reprinted c.1983

Barry Flanagan Larry Weiner

1973, reprinted c.1983
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Film and audio

Artists Rooms: Weiner
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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 ...
Still image of Lawrence Weiner: Talking Art
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Lawrence Weiner: Talking Art

Lawrence Weiner discusses his work with art historian and critic John Slyce.

Features

Lawrence Weiner at Woodhorn Museum
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 ...
Lawrence Weiner, ‘CRUSHED BETWEEN COBBLESTONES’ 1988
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 ...

John Tenniel notes on his illustration of Alice with Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Tate Etc

When I use a word... it means just what I choose it to mean: Alice in Wonderland II

Lewis Carroll demonstrated how inventive one could be with words and their meanings. Since the 1960s artists such as Mel Bochner ...

Front cover of Lucy Lippard, Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972
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 ...

Jef Cornelis Still from an untitled film made for Zoeklicht op de culturele actualiteit 1971
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 ...

Laurence weiner The front cover of As Far as the Eye Can See book
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 ...

The Mirror Event, Grasmere, 2007
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 ...

Walter de Maria The Broken Kilometer 1979
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 ...

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Tate Etc. issue 9: Spring 2007

Tate Etc. issue 9, spring 2007 online version of Tate's magazine
Vito Acconici Following Piece 1969
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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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