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Lawrence Weiner: AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE 1960-2007
A comprehensive look at the remarkable 40-year career of a defining figure associated with conceptual art
Lawrence Weiner (b. 1942) is one of the primary figures associated with the emergence of conceptual art in the 1960s. For over four decades, Weiner has defined art as a representation of relationships in the physical world—“the relationship of human beings to objects and objects to objects in relation to human beings.” This highly anticipated publication represents the full range of Weiner’s practice, from the early 1960s to the present, from his early paintings to his work in language, including works on paper, films, videos, books, and public commissions. Weiner adopted language as his primary material in 1968. According to his landmark STATEMENT OF INTENT, an oft-quoted declaration first published in 1969, each work can be constructed by the artist, fabricated by someone else, or need not be built at all and simply presented in language. Weiner’s work is often manifested outside the gallery context—through postcards, billboards, lectures, or even on a series of cast-iron manhole covers for the city of New York.This substantial publication, produced in conjunction with the artist’s first major retrospective in the United States and in close collaboration with the artist, constitutes Weiner’s largest monograph to date and brings together five esteemed scholars along with Turner Prize finalist Liam Gillick to examine the artist’s impact on the art world today.
Published in association with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (November 15, 2007 – February 10, 2008) The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (April 13 – July 14, 2008) K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (September 20, 2008 – January 4, 2009)
Lawrence Weiner (b. 1942) is one of the primary figures associated with the emergence of conceptual art in the 1960s. For over four decades, Weiner has defined art as a representation of relationships in the physical world—“the relationship of human beings to objects and objects to objects in relation to human beings.” This highly anticipated publication represents the full range of Weiner’s practice, from the early 1960s to the present, from his early paintings to his work in language, including works on paper, films, videos, books, and public commissions. Weiner adopted language as his primary material in 1968. According to his landmark STATEMENT OF INTENT, an oft-quoted declaration first published in 1969, each work can be constructed by the artist, fabricated by someone else, or need not be built at all and simply presented in language. Weiner’s work is often manifested outside the gallery context—through postcards, billboards, lectures, or even on a series of cast-iron manhole covers for the city of New York.This substantial publication, produced in conjunction with the artist’s first major retrospective in the United States and in close collaboration with the artist, constitutes Weiner’s largest monograph to date and brings together five esteemed scholars along with Turner Prize finalist Liam Gillick to examine the artist’s impact on the art world today.
Published in association with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (November 15, 2007 – February 10, 2008) The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (April 13 – July 14, 2008) K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (September 20, 2008 – January 4, 2009)
- GenresArt
412 pages, Hardcover
First published December 28, 2007
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About the author
Donna De Salvo
25 books1 followerDonna De Salvo is a prominent American curator and a leading expert on contemporary art. She currently serves as the senior adjunct curator of special projects for the Dia Art Foundation, where she began her career. De Salvo is perhaps best known for her influential tenure at the Whitney Museum of American Art, serving as its first Chief Curator and later as Deputy Director. Her international experience includes a senior curatorial role at Tate Modern and organizing major exhibitions for artists like Andy Warhol and Anish Kapoor.
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April 11, 2008
For my review of the exhibition, see http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080324/schwabsky.
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