LAWRENCE WEINER: IN RELATION TO PROBABLE USE
Galerie Hubert Winter•Jun 12, 2026 — Sep 15, 2026
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Lawrence Weiner (1942–2021) occupies a unique position within 20th-century art through his approach to using language as material. His Declaration of Intent, formulated in 1968, is at the forefront of conceptual art:
1. THE ARTIST MAY CONSTRUCT THE WORK
2. THE WORK MAY BE FABRICATED
3. THE WORK NEED NOT BE BUILT
EACH BEING EQUAL AND CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE ARTIST THE
DECISION AS TO CONDITION RESTS WITH THE RECEIVER UPON THE OCCASION
OF RECEIVERSHIP
The material specified by Weiner for his sculpture is Language + The Materials Referred To. In numerous interviews, he describes himself as a materialist, revealing his intent to use language itself as his material. The viewer manifests its meaning. The locus of his art is the layer beyond the object inferred.
This exhibition presents SKEWERED WITH A SLIVER OF GOLD in eight of the common tongues of Austria. Through translation, what has just been read gains the freedom of fiction. Everything is false and untrue, yet is correct according…
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LAWRENCE WEINER: IN RELATION TO PROBABLE USE
Galerie Hubert Winter•Jun 12, 2026 — Sep 15, 2026
Press Release
Lawrence Weiner (1942–2021) occupies a unique position within 20th-century art through his approach to using language as material. His Declaration of Intent, formulated in 1968, is at the forefront of conceptual art:
1. THE ARTIST MAY CONSTRUCT THE WORK
2. THE WORK MAY BE FABRICATED
3. THE WORK NEED NOT BE BUILT
EACH BEING EQUAL AND CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE ARTIST THE
DECISION AS TO CONDITION RESTS WITH THE RECEIVER UPON THE OCCASION
OF RECEIVERSHIP
The material specified by Weiner for his sculpture is Language + The Materials Referred To. In numerous interviews, he describes himself as a materialist, revealing his intent to use language itself as his material. The viewer manifests its meaning. The locus of his art is the layer beyond the object inferred.
This exhibition presents SKEWERED WITH A SLIVER OF GOLD in eight of the common tongues of Austria. Through translation, what has just been read gains the freedom of fiction. Everything is false and untrue, yet is correct according…
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