ARTIST

Lawrence Weiner

1942–2021 · United States

He turned language itself into sculpture, declaring that art could exist as words on a wall, in a book, or just in memory.

ABOUT

Lawrence Charles Weiner (February 10, 1942 – December 2, 2021) 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 i…

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NOTABLE WORKS
The Wedding 1948 · Art Institute of Chicago Graduation 1948 · Art Institute of Chicago Untitled 1963 · Art Institute of Chicago S.M.S. #5 (Deluxe Edition) 1968 · Art Institute of Chicago Language III 1969 Made to Appear As ( ) 1972 · Art Institute of Chicago
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