Pictures found at: http://artobserved.com/2011/01/go-see-new-york-lawrence-weiners-gyroscopically-speaking-at-marian-goodman-gallery-through-january-21-2011/
(Accessed: 26 April 2012)
What interests me in Weiner’s work is his use of lettering
to create images. He is using curves, colors and spacing to give them
composition. He is either exhibiting them in frames, hanged on walls, or he
paints them straight on the wall. The use of curved walls is very interesting,
he creates a composition out of the art gallery itself, just by using all the
space inside it to create his own artwork.
The other thing that is very appreciable is that all his works have a meaning,
and I know that it may seem easy to do so because he is using text, but due to
his compositions sometimes you can get easily confused, rather than finding it
very easy to understand. Weiner thinks that ‘Sculptures are marking of
materials that help human beings find their own place in the sun’ (ARKENmuseum,
2009) , which explains his ideology that all his work, either sculptures or
images, have a specific meaning, a deep thought for viewer to consider and
appreciate. He is quite complex, his ideas go far and beyond, and it takes some
time to understand what he is displaying.
Reference list:
ARKENmuseum (2009) Lawrence Weiner.
Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puEMu8JBu00
(Accessed: 26 April 2012)
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