Lawrence Weiner


An exploration of the language-based art of the internationally celebrated artist.


Survey by Alexander Alberro and Alice Zimmerman, Interview by Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Focus by David Batchelor, Artist's Choice by Kenneth Patchen and W. B. Yeats, Writings by Lawrence Weiner


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Overview
  • Lawrence Weiner's (b.1942) language-based art can appear painted across an entire building, floating inside a souvenir biro or sung as a lyric by a country and western band
  • One of the most important of the New York artists who emerged in the late 1960s, he explores sculptural propositions about our relationship to objects and places
  • Weiner's typographic presentation is also much admired by designers internationally
  • This is the only comprehensive monograph on Weiner's work



In The Press

'The boldest, best executed, and most far-reaching publishing project devoted to contemporary art. These books will revolutionize the way contemporary art is presented and written about.' (Artforum)

'The combination of intelligent analysis, personal insight, useful facts and plentiful pictures is a superb format invaluable for specialists but also interesting for casual readers, it makes these books a must for the library of anyone who cares about contemporary art.' (Time Out)

'A unique series of informative monographs on individual artists.' (The Sunday Times)



About the author(s)

Alexander Alberro is Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of Florida. His writings have appeared in October, Artforum and Frieze magazines, as well as numerous catalogues.

Alice Zimmerman is based in New York and Amsterdam, and is Weiner's official archivist and documenter. She was Research Editor on his compilations Show and Tell: The Films and Videos of LW (Imschoot, 1992) and Specific and General Works (Le Nouveau Musée, 1993). She is also creator of the Moved Pictures Archives, an extensive collection of artists' books and writings. Zimmerman has produced and performed in artists' films, videos and books since the 1960s.

Benjamin H. D. Buchloh is an art historian and critic and a Professor of twentieth-century and post-war art history at Harvard University. An editor of October magazine and co-author of Art Since 1900 (2005), Buchloh has also published his collected essays in Neo-Avantgarde and Culture Industry (2000) and Formalism and Historicity (2004).  

David Batchelor is an artist, writer and lecturer at London's Royal College of Art. He has interviewed many artists who were part of the Minimalist and Conceptual art movements. Batchelor regularly contributes to Freize and Artforum magazines. He is a co-author of Realism, Rationalism, Surrealism: Art between the Wars (Yale, 1993) and his book Minimalism was published by the Tate Gallery in 1997.



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