Lawrence Weiner

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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.

 

Artist Collection List

Title Year Runtime Collection
A Bit of Matter and a Little Bit More 1976 23 minutes Early Video Art, Single Titles
A First Quarter 1975 1 hour 25 minutes Early Video Art, Single Titles
A Second Quarter 1975 1 hour 28 minutes Early Video Art, Single Titles
Affected and/or Effected 1974 20 minutes 37 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Altered to Suit 1979 22 minutes 30 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Beached 1970 3 minutes Early Video Art, Single Titles
Broken Off 1970 55 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Do You Believe in Water? 1976 39 minutes Early Video Art, Single Titles
Done To 1974 23 minutes Early Video Art, Single Titles
Eyes on the Prize: Part One of Hearts and Helicopters 1999 19 minutes 25 seconds Single Titles
For Example: Decorated 1977 23 minutes Early Video Art, Single Titles
Green As Well As Blue As Well As Red 1976 18 minutes Early Video Art, Single Titles
How Far Is There: Part Two of Hearts and Helicopters 1999 17 minutes Single Titles
Lawrence Weiner: Hearts and Helicopters - A Trilogy 2000 52 minutes 25 seconds Single Artist Compilations
Lawrence Weiner: There are Things that Move Outside of Motion 2001 14 minutes Single Artist Compilations
Nothing To Lose 1984 22 minutes Early Video Art, Single Titles
Nothing To Lose (The Book) 2000 3 minutes 30 seconds Single Titles
Passage to the North 1981 16 minutes Early Video Art, Single Titles
Plowman's Lunch 1982 29 minutes 38 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Reading Lips 1997 11 minutes 49 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Shifted From the Side 1972 1 minute 12 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Some Things History Don't Support 2000 3 minutes 30 seconds Single Titles
There But For 1980 20 minutes Early Video Art, Single Titles
To and Fro. Fro and To. And To and Fro. And Fro and To. 1972 1 minute 4 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Trailer for Mortal Sin (The Book) 2000 3 minutes 30 seconds Single Titles
Trailer for Plowman's Lunch 1982 4 minutes 30 seconds Early Video Art, Single Titles
Wind and the Willows 2000 3 minutes 30 seconds Single Titles
With a Grain of Salt: Part Three of Hearts and Helicopters 2000 16 minutes Single Titles