27 September 2008 – 11 January 2009

Lawrence Weiner - AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE

The exhibition Lawrence Weiner – AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE is a retrospective on the oeuvre of one of the cofounders (born in 1942) of so-called Conceptual Art. There has not been a comparative show of this radical, complex, epoch-making and influential work since 1988. This show has already taken place in the Whitney Museum in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) in Los Angeles. The European presentation will now occur at K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf.

The works on display range from the paintings produced in the 1960’s to the innovative “Specific and General Works” which use language and are characterised as follows in Weiner’s so-called “Declaration of Intent”:

1. The artist may construct the piece
2. The piece may be fabricated
3. The piece 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.



About 70 of these language-based works from 1968 to the immediate present will be shown in different forms of realisation in this exhibition. Furthermore, a wide selection of Weiner’s drawings, multiples and publications will be on display. A programme with a choice of his records and films is also planned.

Address

K21 Kunstsammlung NRW
Ständehaus Strasse 1
40217 Düsseldorf
phone +49 211 838 16 00
http://www.kunstsammlung.de

Opening Hours

Tuesday-Friday 10a.m. - 8 p.m., Saturday-Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., closed on Monday; every first Wednesday in Month 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.

Description of the Museum

K21 features international art from 1980. With large and important works by Marcel Broodthaers und Nam June Paik, it sums up specific points of origin in the 60s and 70s. Having been assembled since the 80s, the collection now juxtaposes works which give outstanding visual form significant aspects of art since the beginnings of postmodernism.

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