{"data":{"id":"4235","type":"artist","attributes":{"id":4235,"topgoose_id":205,"tms_id":4235,"display_name":"Lawrence Weiner","sort_name":"Weiner Lawrence","display_date":"1942–2021","begin_date":"1942","end_date":"2021","biography":"\u003cp\u003eLawrence Weiner played a key role in\nthe development of Conceptual art,\na movement that emphasized the idea\nof an artwork over its material form and\nquestioned the structures through\nwhich art is created, presented, and\ndistributed. His earliest artistic undertakings\nwere sculptural, and in the mid-1960s\nhe exhibited a series of propeller-shaped\ncanvases at Seth Siegelaub Contemporary\nArt. From 1968 on, however, language\nhas been the primary component, and\nhis text-based works, which often\ndescribe procedures, propositions, or\nactions, have embraced a wide range of\nformats: paintings, sculptures, films,\nvideos, records, compact discs, posters,\nbooks, wall installations, and even a\nwebsite. Varied in form and context, these\nworks are connected in their supposition\nthat the majority of our experiences—\neven the activity of seeing—are\nmediated by language.\n\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/collection/works/9264\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHERE THERE \u0026amp; EVERYWHERE\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\nis presented as a chorus and refrain:\nparenthetical statements pertaining to\ndirection (such as BENEATH IT ALL\nand ABOVE IT ALL) are each followed by\nthe general declaration HERE THERE\n\u0026amp; EVERYWHERE (a ready descriptor of\nwhere one might encounter Weiner’s\nwork). Following from his belief that\nviewers are integral to the creation of any\ngiven work’s meaning—and indeed to\nits very status as art—Weiner does not\nneed to do the lettering himself, and\nallows the work to be installed in a variety\nof configurations and color palettes\nat the discretion of a curator. The Whitney\nhas installed this work in various ways:\non a single wall, on the glass window at the\nfront of the Museum’s former uptown\nhome, and placed on the four panes of a\nrevolving door.\u003c/p\u003e","on_view":false,"artport":false,"biennial":true,"collection":true,"ulan_id":"500013081","wikidata_id":"Q680192","created_at":"2017-08-30T15:33:16.000-04:00","updated_at":"2026-04-23T01:31:46.145-04:00","links":{"artworks":"/api/artists/4235/artworks","exhibitions":"/api/artists/4235/exhibitions"}}}}