Lawrence Weiner
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lawrence Charles Weiner, Lawrence Wiener
American artist (1942–2021)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 123
Top works
- 2nd ArtistBook International
- Twixt one ( & ) the other
- Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Daniel Buren, Jan Dibbets, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Sol Lewitt, Richard Long, N.E. Thing Co. Ltd., Robert Smithson, Lawrence Weiner
- Hard light
- Within a reasonable doubt
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1942-02-10
- Active to
- 2021-12-02
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
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- 619
- Total plays
- 1,802
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Lawrence Weiner (born February 10, 1942) was one of the central figures of conceptual art. He was born in the Bronx, New York. Weiner's early work included experiments with shaped canvas, and cutting out squares from carpeting or walls. In 1968, when Sol LeWitt came up with his Paragraphs on Conceptual Art, Weiner formulated his famous Declaration of Intent (1968): "1. The artist may construct the piece. 2. The piece may be fabricated. 3. The piece need not built. <a href="https://www.last.fm/
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- photographer
- Educated at
- Hunter College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- dOCUMENTA (13)
- Field of work
- conceptual art
- Movement
- conceptual art
- Image
- Lawrence Wiener in Speaking Portraits.jpg
- Work location
- United States
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- has works in the collection
- Sprengel Museum
- Commons category
- Lawrence Weiner
- date of birth
- 1940-02-10
- Commons Creator page
- Lawrence Weiner
- date of death
- 2021-12-02
- name in native language
- Lawrence Weiner
- start of work period
- 1960-01-01
- end of work period
- 2015-01-01
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Works in European collections
4 objects attributed to Lawrence Weiner, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
