Lawrence Weiner
©image: M HKA
1942 - 2021
Born in New York (), lives in New York (), lives in Amsterdam ().
Lawrence Weiner is a very Transatlantic artist, who lives in Amsterdam and worked all over Europe. He exhibited at M HKA with Liam Gillick in 2011. Unlike the visual poets, who start with language, Weiner bases his ‘tectonic’ text pieces on sculpture and painting, as his most-quoted piece indicates. 1. the artist may construct the piece; 2. the piece may be fabricated; 3. the piece need not be built. Weiner’s words are of the world, as concrete as things. Perhaps his greatest contribution to the 'Essential' is to make the flesh become word.
Media
>Lawrence Weiner 'A syntax of dependency', M HKA, 2011
Works
>Lawrence Weiner, A City Shored, 1970.Installation, adhesive letters, 20.8 x 140.3 cm.
>Lawrence Weiner, A City Dragged, 1970.Installation, adhesive letters, 20.8 x 140.3 cm.
>Lawrence Weiner, Lawrence Weiner - 7, 1972.Audio and visual equipment, 31,2 cm x 31 cm.
>Lawrence Weiner, Lawrence Weiner : Having Been Built on Sand - With Another Base (Basis) In Fact // Auf Sand Gebaut - Mit Einer Andern Basis Tatsächlich, 1978.Audio and visual equipment, 30,9 cm x 31,1 cm.
>Lawrence Weiner, Factors in the scope of distance - A structure of Lawrence Weiner, 1984.Book, ink, paper, 29.5 x 21.9 cm, publisher : ADD (Any De Decker), Antwerpen, ISBN : 90 6848 001 4.
>Lawrence Weiner, # 15 (Lawrence Weiner), 1986.Book, ink, paper, 8 x 22 cm, 32 p., ill., language : Dutch, Franch, English, publisher : Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain Nord-Pas de Calais, Lille.
>Lawrence Weiner, ABOVE BEYOND BELOW, 1986.Text.
>Lawrence Weiner, Ducks on a pond (Towards a theatrical engagement) - Lawrence Weiner, 1988.Book, ink, paper, 21 x 14.7 cm, language : English, publisher : Imschoot, Uitgevers, Gent, ISBN : 90-72191-02-1.
>Lawrence Weiner, Liam Gillick, Liam Gillick - Lawrence Weiner 'A Syntax of Dependency', 2011.Book, ink, paper, 30.7 x 21.5 cm, 55 p., language : English, publisher : Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen/Mousse Publishing, Milano, ISBN : 9788896501610.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: DE INTERNATIONALE - Museum of Affects. 26 November 2011 - 29 January 2012.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Spirits of Internationalism. 21 January 2012 - 29 April 2012.
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Visite Bornem - Gedeelde Ruimte. 03 May 2014 - 25 May 2014.
> Exhibition: Liam Gillick & Lawrence Weiner – A syntax of Dependency. 04 February 2011 - 29 May 2011.
> Exhibition: The collection I – Fall 2002. 31 August 2002 - 10 November 2002.
> Exhibition: The collection II – Winter 2002. 23 November 2002 - 09 February 2003.
> Exhibition: The collection XXXIII – The Collection as a Character. 07 June 2013 - 22 September 2013.
> Ensemble: Artist Books.
> Ensemble: Het Essentiële [The Essential].
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> Ensemble: kunstenaarsboeken uit de jaren '80 [artists' books from the 80s].
> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_PUBLICATIONS.
> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.
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> Ensemble: Statements and Corner Pieces.