About the Artwork
Please note this artwork is no longer on display.
WITHIN A REALM OF RELATIVE FORM Year: The work initially appeared in 2005 |
Copyright the artist; Courtesy of Lisson Gallery. Photo: © Nick Turpin
Material
Language and the materials referred to
Dimensions
Dimensions variable
Artist Biography
Lawrence Weiner
BORN In FEBRUARY 1942 BRONX NEW YORK
ATTENDED THE NEW YORK PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THE LATE FIFTIES AND EARLY SIXTIES WERE SPENT TRAVELING THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA (USA • MEXICO AND CANADA)
THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THE WORK WAS IN MILL VALLEY CALIFORNIA IN I 960. LAWRENCE WEINER DIVIDES HIS TIME BETWEEN HIS STUDIO IN NEW YORK CITY AND HIS BOAT IN AMSTERDAM
HE PARTICIPATES IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROJECTS AND EXHIBITIONS IN BOTH THE NEW AND OLD WORLD
MAINTAINING THAT:
ART 15 THE EMPIRICAL FACT OF THE
RELATIONSHIPS OF OBJECTS TO OBJECTS
IN RELATION TO HUMAN BEINGS , NOT DEPENDENT UPON HISTORICAL PRECEDENT FDR EITHER USE DR LEGITIMACY
LAWRENCE WEINER