MADE FRAGILE AT THIS TIME ON THIS PLACE TO A POINT OF NO RETURN

Lawrence WeinerWW-2000-115772

2000·Language + materials referred to·Dimensions variable

<p>This work and its title are one and the same. Lawrence Weiner’s works with language have the potential for being realized in countless ways and contexts; they maybe shown outdoors as a public project, published in a book, printed on a matchbook cover, or simply spoken aloud. Seen here on a wall at the Art Institute of Chicago, the work is determined by viewers, drawing from their everyday lives. Thus, Weiner reimagined the relationship between viewer, artist, and artwork.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 2000
Medium: Language + materials referred to
Dimensions: Dimensions variable
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Lawrence Weiner

Artist

Lawrence Weiner

Painting

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. 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."

New York, USA

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