Lawrence Weiner

Lawrence Weiner (1942-2021) was born in New York, NY, USA, where he lived and worked most of his life, while also housing a studio in Amsterdam, Holland. Solo exhibitions have been held at Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Holstebro, Denmark (2021), Museo Nivola, Orani, Italy (2019), Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL, USA (2017); Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, USA (2017); Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria (2016); Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, UK (2015); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1988, 2014); Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain (2013); Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2007); A major retrospective survey was shown at the Whitney Museum, New York; MoCA, Los Angeles, and K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2007-2009).; Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico (2004); Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany (2000); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA (1994); and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, USA (1990). He participated in documenta 5, 6, 7, and 13 (1972, 1977, 1982, 2012); the 36th, 41st, 50th and 55th Venice Biennales, Italy (1972, 1984, 2003, 2013); and the 27th Biennale de Sao Paulo, Brazil (2006). Among many honours he was awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1976, 1983), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1994), the Wolfgang Hahn Prize, Museum Ludwig, Cologne (1995), a Skowhegan Medal for Painting/Conceptual Art (1999), an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the Graduate Center, City University of New York (2013) and recently the Roswitha Haftmann Foundation Prize (2015), the Wolf Prize and the Aspen Award for Art in 2017.

Lawrence Weiner
THIS AS THAT BE THAT AS IT MAY

2012
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PUSH AS IF & LEFT AS IS

2012
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WHERE IT SEEMS AS IT IS WHERESOEVER HOWSOEVER WHATSOEVER PENDING

2012

Ink, pencil and pastel on paper

101 x 81 cm 39.8 x 31.9 in

Lawrence Weiner
HOWSOEVER IT SEEMS IT SEEMS SO HOWSOEVER

2012

Ink, pencil and pastel on paper

40 x 50.5 cm 15.7 x 19.9 in

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PLACED ON THE TIP OF A WAVE

2009
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Lawrence Weiner
Outdoor commission at the University of California, San Francisco

2011
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Outdoor commission of AS TO BE IN PLAIN SIGHT at the Denver Art Museum, Colorado

2011
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Installation view of The Other Side Of Cul-De-Sac exhibition and commission at The Power Plant, Toronto

2009
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Outdoor project sponsored by Creative Time: The World & Nearer Ones at Governor's Island, NYC

2009
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CUL-DE-SAC

2009

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image Courtesy of the Moved Pictures Archive

Photo: Rafael Goldchain

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LEAD ON GLASS

2005
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Lawrence Weiner about to leave port in Reykjavik to jettison his planks A PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ASAP as his participation in Reykjavik Arts Festival, Iceland

Lawrence Weiner
Lawrence Weiner about to leave port in Reykjavik to jettison his planks A PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ASAP as his participation in Reykjavik Arts Festival, Iceland

2005
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