Lawrence Weiner

28 Nov 2012-12 Jan 2013

Overview

Throughout Weiner's practice he has pursued inquiries into language and a radical redefinition of the artist/viewer relationship. Translating his investigations into linguistic structures and visual systems across varied formats and manifestations, the belief at the core of Lawrence Weiner's work is that art is a material reality between human beings and objects and between sets of objects in relation to human beings. Weiner considers language to be a sculptural material and believes that a construction in language can function as sculpture as adequately as a fabricated object. His statement of intent published in 1969 states: 'The artist may construct the work / The work may be fabricated / The work need not be built / Each being equal and consistent with the intent of the artist the decision as to condition rests with the receiver upon the occasion of receivership'. As a proposition or statement, each work need not be confined to an existence in one realised form, place or time but might be constructed in different contexts.