Installation view of Lawrence Weiner’s show at Regen Projects LA
Lawrence Weiner is into words — big, broad words that unabashedly cover gallery walls and floors, taking up the maximum amount of space. He minted his place in art history back during 1960s conceptualism, and has continued making the same type of typographically inspired work ever since. Some of the phraseology is pure wordplay, somewhat catchy and similar to certain tweets that we may encounter out in the world, like this one by Terrance Hayes published by from #TwitterPoetryClub. It’s enchanting in its randomness and nonsensical pursuits.
Employing a similar philosophy to his conceptual colleague Sol LeWitt, Weiner declares that the artist need not make the work of art on the wall — he must only offer instructions on carrying it out. In a time of technologically enhanced distractions, it can be nice to experience words that play with form and meaning. His solo exhibition MADE TO BE at Regen Projects does just that, arranging words and taking up space, but the show itself leaves a lot to the imagination.
Read more at http://www.craveonline.com/art/981341-exhibit-lawrence-weiners-conceptual-wordiness#zQYq0eOzxSgyZgyy.99
