Declaration of Intent:
The artist may construct the piece.
The piece may be fabricated.
The piece 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.
— Artforum
"Lawrence Weiner, a towering figure in the Conceptual art movement arising in the 1960s and who profoundly altered the landscape of American art, died December 2 at the age of seventy-nine. Known for his text-based installations incorporating evocative or descriptive phrases and sentence fragments, typically presented in bold capital letters accompanied by graphic accents and occupying unusual sites and surfaces, Weiner rose to prominence among a cohort that included Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, and Sol LeWitt. A firm believer that an idea alone could constitute an artwork, he established a practice that stood out for its consistent embodiment of his famous 1968 “Declaration of Intent.”
Lawrence Wiener is also known to the architecture world for his townhouse in New York designed by LO-TEK.
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One of my favourite artists has become art history...
Was blown away by his show in Amsterdam some years back: https://youtu.be/efbc0ExhAPE
Kim Gordon interviews Lawrence Wiener.
"Lawrence Weiner and Kim Gordon on the Ins and Outs of Making Stuff"
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