Water in Milk Exists
In cooperation with the Swiss Institute, Lawrence Weiner teamed up with cinematographer Kiki Allgeier to realize WATER IN MILK EXISTS, a fresh...
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"Done To" (sometimes called "It Is, Done To") consists of simple camera frames which are silent and/or unconnected to a complex soundtrack running...
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"In this video the artist states that it is a public freehold work which demonstrates what could be art within his responsibility. Like Beached it...
See moreTurning Some Pages
Turning Some Pages was produced in conjunction with the printing of a limited edition journal of the same name by the Howard Smith Paper Group, a...
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The title refers to his statement made in 1968 for the magazine Art News in an attempt to define his work. 1/ the artist may construct the work; 2/...
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The soundtrack begins with the artist stating the conditions: “An artist may construct a work and/or a work may be fabricated and/or a work need...
See moreA First Quarter
Using the structure of a feature film as its basic format, A First Quarter adopts the principles of nouvelle vague cinema. Simultaneous realities...
See moreDo You Believe In Water?
In a nearly bare loft space, Weiner's performers cluster around an octagonal pink table, enacting a series of what seem to be choreographed...
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A table is set with two red books placed at diagonal corners and a stack of three poker chips placed in the center. Two women enter, sit, and begin...
See moreShifted From the Side
Shifted From the Side is conceptually identical to To And Fro... and was probably made the same afternoon. The object used to demonstrate five...
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Reportedly shot in the back office at Leo Castelli’s New York gallery, an ashtray is used to demonstrate five different actions related to artistic...
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Writes Weiner: COLLAGED COMPONENTS COLLIDE IN THIS CARTOON - SINK OR SWIM LOOKS AS IF BUILT AS AN HOMAGE TO THE 'LOONEY TUNES' PREMISE THAT WHAT...
See moreWild Blue Yonder
Wild Blue Yonder fuses animated drawings and text with video footage of Weiner's friends, colleagues, and family. Weiner recontextualizes the...
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With Blue Moon Over, Weiner extends his text-based works into the digital realm, positing aphorisms and epigrammatic phrases that investigate...
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There But For resembles a soap opera; its characters—a couple whose relationship has seen better days, a ball-and-jack playing adult/child, and a...
See moreA Bit of Matter and A Little Bit More
The male/female, subject/object investigation in A Bit of Matter and a Little Bit More has no titillating introduction; the appetite is not whetted...
See moreHearts and Helicopters - A Trilogy
Lawrence Weiner film from 1999
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16mm film from 1982.
See morePassage to the North
16mm short film from 1981.
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"The mise-en-scene, the whole story, takes place in one location, the artist's studio. A delicate psychological allegory on 'a day in the life of'...
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