Lawrence Weiner
Working in a wide variety of media, including video, film, books, audio tapes, sculpture, performance, installation, and graphic art, Lawrence Weiner consistently invokes social situations that elicit responses to issues of language, philosophy, theater, and art. Identified with conceptual art, Weiner is notable for his fervent desire to invent new forms and transformations. Unlike some conceptualists, Weiner does not shy away from materializing the art object—instead he tries to work across artistic conventions. A commitment to a democratic art, an art that adapts and changes form in response to cultural and social changes, is fundamental to all of his work. His videos stem from his preoccupation with the process or act of making art, with discourse surrounding art objects and the changing context of materials as they are used.

  

Titles by Lawrence Weiner:

Affected and/or Effected

Altered to Suit

Beached

A Bit of Matter and a Little Bit More

Broken Off

Do You Believe in Water?

Done To

Eyes on the Prize: Part One of Hearts and Helicopters

A First Quarter

For Example: Decorated

Green As Well As Blue As Well As Red

How Far Is There: Part Two of Hearts and Helicopters

Nothing To Lose

Passage to the North

Plowman's Lunch

Reading Lips

A Second Quarter

Shifted From the Side

There But For

To and Fro. Fro and To. And To and Fro. And Fro and To.

Trailer for Plowman's Lunch

With a Grain of Salt: Part Three of Hearts and Helicopters


Work by Lawrence Weiner also appears on:

Compilation: Lawrence Weiner: Hearts and Helicopters - A Trilogy

Compilation: Lawrence Weiner:There are Things that Move Outside of Motion

PROGRAM: Weiner Program 5