biography of Lawrence WEINER (1942-2021)

Personal data

Birth : 02/10/1942 - Bronx, New York NY New York, United States
Death : 12/02/2021
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Address

New York NY New York, United States

Professional data

Work and Life

1960:First solo show.
Lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Lives and works in New York NY, USA.

Work

Categorie and medium


Painting : Mixed media
Print-Multiple :
Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Iron
Drawing-Watercolor :

Subject

Public Art

Movements and styles

Conceptual Art

Works

A Stake Set
Date of creation : 1969
Medium : Installation
 
NYC Manhole Covers
Medium : Iron
Number of elements : 19
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2008

OFFSIDES
Lisson Gallery – London, United Kingdom
02/06/2008 – 03/15/2008

2005

Au point
Marian Goodman Gallery – Paris, France
04/27/2005 – 06/01/2005

2002

Wave after Wave
Marian Goodman Gallery – New York NY, United States
04/2002

Ignoti nulla Cupido
Alfonso Artiaco – Pozzuoli NA, Italy
01/2002

Perspectives 6
Birmingham Museum of Art – Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
2002

The Horizon
Transpalette – Bourges, France
2002 – 01/26/2003

Preparations For The Opera
Konrad Fischer Galerie – Düsseldorf, Germany
03/23/2002 – 04/27/2002

2001

Brigitte March Galerie – Stuttgart, Germany
2001

2000

Galerie Micheline Szwajcer – Antwerp, Belgium
2000 – 2001

Casino Luxembourg Forum d’Art Contemporain – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2000 – 2001

Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin – Berlin, Germany
2000

1999

Regen Projects – Los Angeles CA, United States
1999

Mai 36 Galerie – Zurich ZH, Switzerland
1999 – 2000

Marian Goodman Gallery – New York NY, United States
1999

Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects – New York NY, United States
1999

1998

NBK Neuer Berliner Kunstverein – Berlin, Germany
1998

1997

Leo Castelli / Soho – New York NY, United States
1997

1996

Marian Goodman Gallery – Paris, France
1996

1989

Portikus – Frankfurt, Germany
1989

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Alfonso Artiaco – Corso N. Terracciano, 56 – Pozzuoli NA, Italy

ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Dvir Gallery – 11, Nahum St. – Tel Aviv, Israel

2006

Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Galerie Florence Loewy – 46 avenue René Coty – Paris, France

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galleria Massimo De Carlo – Via Giovanni Ventura 5 – Milan MI, Italy

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Alfonso Artiaco – Piazza dei Martiri 58 – Naples NA, Italy

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Konrad Fischer Galerie – Platanenstrasse 7 – Düsseldorf, Germany

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 79 Rue du Temple – Paris, France

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Mai 36 Galerie – Rämistrasse 37 – Zurich ZH, Switzerland

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Alfonso Artiaco – Piazza dei Martiri 58 – Naples NA, Italy

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Brooke Alexander – 2nd Floor 59 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : Brigitte March Galerie – Solitudestrasse 254 – Stuttgart, Germany

ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Gandy Gallery – Skolská 7 – Prague, Czech Republic

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Regen Projects – 629 North Almont Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States

FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Alfonso Artiaco – Corso N. Terracciano, 56 – Pozzuoli NA, Italy

Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Anselm Dreher – Pfalzburger Strasse 80 – Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Alfonso Artiaco – Corso N. Terracciano, 56 – Pozzuoli NA, Italy

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Chorus-Verlag für Kunst und Wissenschaft – Wichernweg 22a – Munich, Germany

ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Pietro Sparta – 6 rue de Beaune – Chagny, France

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Brooke Alexander – 2nd Floor 59 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Alfonso Artiaco – Corso N. Terracciano, 56 – Pozzuoli NA, Italy

Art Toronto 2001 – TIAF Toronto International Art Fair
MTCC Metro Toronto Convention Centre – Toronto ON, Canada
10/11/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Wynick/Tuck Gallery – 4th Floor 80 Spadina Avenue – Toronto ON, Canada

Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Ascan Crone – Kochstr.60 – Hamburg, Germany

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Buchmann – Via Gamée – Lugano TI, Switzerland

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 13
Frankfurt, Germany
04/28/2001 – 05/01/2001
Represented by : Brigitte March Galerie – Solitudestrasse 254 – Stuttgart, Germany

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Micheline Szwajcer – Verlatstraat 14 – Antwerp, Belgium

KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Walter Bischoff Galerie – Schreiberstr. 22 – Stuttgart, Germany

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Marian Goodman Gallery – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States

Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Brooke Alexander – 2nd Floor 59 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States

2000

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Galerie Pietro Sparta – 6 rue de Beaune – Chagny, France

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Chorus-Verlag für Kunst und Wissenschaft – Wichernweg 22a – Munich, Germany

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Buchmann – Aachener Strasse 65 – Cologne, Germany

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Galleria Christian Stein – Corso Monforte 23 – Milan MI, Italy

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie Bébert – Westersingel 22 – Rotterdam, Netherlands

Group exhibitions

2006

Message personnel
Galerie Yvon Lambert – Paris, France
03/18/2006 – 04/22/2006

2004

Hommages aux collectionneurs
Centre d’Art Contemporain – Château de Tanlay – Tanlay, France
06/05/2004 – 10/01/2004

White Spirit
FRAC Fonds régional d’Art Contemporain de Lorraine – Metz, France
05/15/2004 – 05/30/2004

Drift
Centro Cultural de Bélem – Lisbon, Portugal
03/19/2004 – 05/30/2004

2003

Rendez-vous 4, Collection Lambert
Collection Yvon Lambert – Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
01/25/2003 – 04/27/2003

2002

Taipei Biennial
Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
11/29/2002 – 03/02/2003

L’Art Mol et Raide…
MAC Musée d’Art Contemporain – Lyon, France
10/18/2002 – 08/01/2003

Sans commune mesure
Musée d’Art Moderne Lille Métropole – Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
09/22/2002 – 01/19/2003

Something we talked about
Brooke Alexander – New York NY, United States
09/19/2002 – 11/23/2002

Sens giratoire
Passages Centre d’Art Contemporain – Troyes, France
06/06/2002 – 08/23/2002

Photographier
Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
06/01/2002 – 11/24/2002

Shimmering Substance
Arnolfini Gallery – Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom
04/27/2002 – 06/23/2002

Zwischenzeit
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
03/11/2002 – 09/01/2002

2001

Au fur et à mesure, une collection, un point de vue
Espace de l’Art Concret – Mouans-Sartoux, France
12/01/2001 – 03/03/2002

Sculpture Contemporaine
Les Subsistances – Lyon, France
11/23/2001 – 01/20/2002

2000

Cildo Meireles + Lawrence Weiner
Kölnischer Kunstverein – Cologne, Germany
2000

1999

Les Coups
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Bourgogne – Dijon, France
11/20/1999 – 12/30/1999

Bibliography (Selected)

By the artist

Books

2004

The next Documenta should be curated by an artist
Publisher: Revolver – Jacobystraße 28 – Frankfurt, Germany
2004
ISBN : 3-936919-05-4

On the artist

Books

2002

Art Tomorrow
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 2879392497

Legals