Water in Milk Exists

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

Done To

"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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Broken Off

Broken Off

"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...

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Turning Some Pages

Turning 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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Liberté et contrainte

Liberté et contrainte

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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Beached

Beached

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...

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A First Quarter

A 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...

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Do You Believe In Water?

Do 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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Green As Well As Blue As Well As Red

Green As Well As Blue As Well As Red

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...

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Shifted From the Side

Shifted 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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To and Fro. Fro and To. And To and Fro. And Fro and To.

To and Fro. Fro and To. And To and Fro. And Fro and To.

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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Sink or Swim

Sink or Swim

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...

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Wild Blue Yonder

Wild 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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Blue Moon Over

Blue Moon Over

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

There But For

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...

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A Bit of Matter and A Little Bit More

A 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...

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Hearts and Helicopters - A Trilogy

Hearts and Helicopters - A Trilogy

Lawrence Weiner film from 1999

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Plowman's Lunch

Plowman's Lunch

16mm film from 1982.

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Passage to the North

Passage to the North

16mm short film from 1981.

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Altered to Suit

Altered to Suit

"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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