Book

Lawrence Weiner / Alexander Alberro [and others].

London : Phaidon, 1998.

160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.

"Lawrence Weiner's art can appear painted across an entire building, floating inside a souvenir biro or sung as a lyric by a country and western band. One of the canonical conceptual artists of the 1960s, this American-born artist was among the first to 'dematerialize' the object of art into the realm of language and ideas. He composes texts which describe process, material and structure whilst evoking a poetic vision which unfolds in the reader's mind. They are also contingent on the geography, architecture or function of a particular site and the viewer's personal associations. Using a utilitarian yet elegant typeface, stark monochrome or vivid colours, his works have a striking formal beauty. Dedicated to the circulation of art and ideas, one statement can take the form of myriad media ranging from paint to stone to video, considering the issue of artistic possession as a cultural phenomenon." "This book is the first comprehensive survey of an internationally celebrated artist who continues to make new commissions around the world."--Jacket.

Contemporary artists

Contemporary artists.

Weiner, Lawrence.

Alberro, Alexander.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160).

Also issued online.

Interview : in conversation with Lawrence Weiner / Benjamin H.D. Buchloh -- Survey : not how it should were it to be built but how it could were it to be built / Alexander Alberro and Alice Zimmerman -- Focus : many colored objects placed side by side to form a row of many colored objects / David Batchelor -- Artist's choice. An Irish Airman forsees his death, 1919 / W.B. Yeats ; When in the course of human events, 1936 / Kenneth Patchen -- Artist's writings. Art without space, 1969 ; Notes from the California lectures, 1981 ; I am not content, 1982 ; Notes on a table, 1988 ; The need of a place (a table) to present what is done, 1989 ; A public conversation with Willard Holmes, 1990 ; notes on & about art, 1995 ; A translation from one language to another, 1995 ; Intervention, 1997 / Lawrence Weiner.

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