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Lawrence Weiner

1942 – 2021

CRUSHED BETWEEN COBBLESTONES 1988
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In Tate Modern

Level 4: Joiner Galleries

In Tate Britain

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2 artworks by Lawrence Weiner
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Biography

Lawrence Charles Weiner (February 10, 1942 – December 2, 2021) was an American conceptual artist. He was one of the central figures in the formation of conceptual art in the 1960s. His work often took the form of typographic texts, a form of word art.

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    Lawrence Weiner
    1988
    On display at Tate Modern part of Level 4: Joiner Galleries
  • FIRE AND BRIMSTONE SET IN A HOLLOW FORMED BY HAND

    Lawrence Weiner
    1988
    On display at Tate Modern part of Level 4: Joiner Galleries
  • SILVER THREADS ENTWINED IN THREADS OF GOLD

    Lawrence Weiner
    1988
    On display at Tate Modern part of Level 4: Joiner Galleries
  • TAKEN UP WITH

    Lawrence Weiner
    1988
    On display at Tate Modern part of Level 4: Joiner Galleries
  • WIPED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH

    Lawrence Weiner
    1988
    On display at Tate Modern part of Level 4: Joiner Galleries
  • TIED UP IN KNOTS

    Lawrence Weiner
    1988
    On display at Tate Modern part of Level 4: Joiner Galleries
  • TUCKED IN AT THE CORNERS

    Lawrence Weiner
    1988
    On display at Tate Modern part of Level 4: Joiner Galleries
  • ROUGHLY RIPPED APART

    Lawrence Weiner
    1988
    On display at Tate Modern part of Level 4: Joiner Galleries
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  • Lawrence Weiner

    Robert Mapplethorpe
    1982, printed 1991
  • Larry Weiner

    Barry Flanagan
    1973, reprinted c.1983
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