Index Code:

ART-RAS-WEI

Orgin:

USA

Field Notes:

Short statements installed on walls floors or book pages describe works that may or may not be physically realized

Defining Moment:

The typographic pieces specifying actions to stone sea or pipe where description itself is the structural object

Lawrence Weiner

(

1942–2021

)

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Weiner built a world where statements materialize as sculpture — language functioning as spatial directive.

His works treat intention as structure, placing form inside the mind of the viewer.

Structural Focus

Rule-Based Freedom

Constraints or systems generate variation. Freedom arises through adherence to rules rather than expressive choice.

In Lawrence Weiner’s work, this approach appears where language functions as complete structure.

Position

Rule-Based Freedom

Constraints or systems generate variation. Freedom arises through adherence to rules rather than expressive choice.

In Lawrence Weiner’s work, this approach appears where language functions as complete structure.

Hard Systems

Form is governed by rigid rules, limits, and non-negotiable constraints.

Systems of Clarity

Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.

Proportion

Proportion organizes coherence through measured intervals, scale, and relation.

Space

Space is structured through openings, intervals, and boundary conditions.

Structure

Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.

Art

Form operates as a site for material, perceptual, and conceptual inquiry.

Conceptual Art

Language, instruction, and proposition function as the work itself.

Lawrence Weiner

Structural Focus

Rule-Based Freedom

Position

Rule-Based Freedom

Observartory

In Dialogue

Lawrence Weiner

Structural Focus

Rule-Based Freedom

Position

Rule-Based Freedom

Observartory

By Structural Focus

In Dialogue