Lawrence Weiner: AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE

Lawrence Weiner: AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
on view November 15, 2007-February 10, 2008

"Language as Sculpture, Words as Clay" by Randy Kennedy, The New York Times.

This is the first major retrospective mounted in the United States of the work of New York-based artist Lawrence Weiner (b.1942), one of the key figures associated with the emergence and foundations of Conceptual Art. Weiner has defined art as "the relationship of human beings to objects and objects to objects in relation to human beings," and that premise remains at the core of all of his work, from the Propeller and Removal paintings of the 1960s, to his "specific and general" works-language-based pieces that have played a defining role in his work since 1968. Lawrence Weiner: AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE will provide a comprehensive examination of Weiner's remarkable and cohesive oeuvre by assembling key selections and bodies of work from the full breadth of his production, including works on paper, films, videos, books, posters, public commissions, multiples and audio works.

Co-organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, this landmark exhibition is co-curated by Donna De Salvo, Whitney Museum Chief Curator and Associate Director for Programs, and Ann Goldstein, MOCA Senior Curator. In conjunction with the exhibition, Weiner's films and videos will be screened at Anthology Film Archives in New York.

This exhibition was jointly organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Major support has been provided by Glenn Fuhrman and John and Amy Phelan.
Additional support has been provided by Aaron and Barbara Levine.

This exhibition is made possible, in part, by Altria Group, Inc.

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