Nato nel Bronx a New York nel 1942, vive a lavora a New York.
MOSTRE PERSONALI PIU’ RECENTI
2009
“Placed on the tip of a wave,” Regen Projects II, Los Angeles, July 11 – August 15
“Au pays,” l’Abbaye et Le Village de Corbigny, Nièvre-Bourgogne, France, May 16
“Done with,” Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, March 19 – May 2
“The other side of a cul-de-sac,” The Power Plant, Toronto, March 14 – May 18
“The bay of Naples,” Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli, February 6 – March 20
“1/2 empty 1/2 full,” Yvon Lambert, Paris, January 31 – March 7
“At the level of the sea,” Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, January 15 – February 21
2008
“Quid pro quo,” Gagosian, Rome, November 21, 2008 – January 17 2009
“The crest of a wave,” Fundació Suñol, Barcelona, October 9 – November 15
“Lawrence weiner: statements,” El Sourdog Hex, Berlin, Germany, September 8 – November 1
“fOREVER & A DAY,” CAC MALAGA, SPAIN, JULY 25 – OCTOBER 26
“Dematerializing cinema-the films of Lawrence Weiner”, Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Boston
“Seven statements in one (works from 1970-1988)”, El Sourdog Hex, Berlin
“Lawrence weiner,” Konrad Fischer Galerie Berlin, Berlin
“With a line of graphite/con una linea di grafite,” Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy, May 8 – June 28
“Offsides,” Lisson Gallery, London
“A selection of short films and videos by lawrence weiner,” Ullens Center for Contemporary Art Auditorium, Beijing
“As far as the eye can see”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California; K21 Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
2007
“Lawrence Weiner,” Marian Goodman Gallery, NY, November 29, 2007 – January 5, 2008
“As far as the eye can see,” co-curated by Ann Goldstein and Donna De Salvo, Whitney Museum of American Art, November 2007
“Lawrence Weiner: to allow the light,” Center for Contemporary Art Auditorium, Beijing
“Stones & stones & stones & stones,” Munich Re, Munich
“At your feet,” Hochschule fur Gestaltung und Kunst Zurich, Zurich
“A means to an end,” Salomon Contemporary, East Hampton, NY
“Carried forward asap” Kunstparterre, Munich
“Lawrence Weiner,” Haus der Kunst Munchen, Munich
“Turning some pages,” The Fourth in the Howard Smith Paper Lecture Series), BAFTA, London
“The die is cast,” Galerie Cristina Guerra, Lisbon
“Books do furnish a room,” Appleton Square, Lisbon
“Lawrence Weiner,” Cristina Guerra, Lisbon, Portugal, April 12 – May 5
“Lawrence Weiner: inherent in the rhumb line,” National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, March 22 – December 9
“Lawrence Weiner,” Para/Site, Hong Kong
“John Baldessari and lawrence weiner/video works 1970-76,” The Apartment, Vancouver
2006
“(Lo & behold) (mera & ve),” The Wolfsonian, Florida International University, Miami
“Lawrence weiner,” Lawrence Markey Gallery, San Antonio, TX
“A means to an end,” (with Daniel Buren) Le Musee de Serignan, France
“Lawrence weiner,” Cereal Art Project Room, Philadelphia, PA
“Lawrence weiner: films & videos,” Tate Gallery, London
“Made to produce a spark,” Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
“x y & z,” Bawag Foundation, Vienna
“If silence was,” Alfonso Artico, Naples, Italy, September 7
“Have & take give & get,” Cerealart, Philadelphia, PA, September 1 – October 31
“And it can’t go wrong,” Galerie Pietro Sparta, June
“Lawrence Weiner,” Balwag Foundation, Wien, Austria, March 17 – May 27
MOSTRE COLLETTIVE PIU’ RECENTI
2009
“Embrace!” Denver Art Museum, November 14, 2009 – March 28, 2010
“In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960 – 1976,” MoMA, New York, July 19 – October 5, 2009
“Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949-1978,” curated by Michael Darling, Seattle Art
Museum, June 25 – September 7, 2009
“Discover us!” curated by Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk, UferHallen, Berlin, March 28 – May 3, 2009
“Espèces d’espaces,” Yvon Lambert, New York, March 28 – May 16, 2009
“Feedbackstage,” Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, March 15 – April 18, 2009
“Notation: Calculation and Form in the Arts,” ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe,
Germany, March 1 – July 26, 2009
“Nous Tournous Dans La Nuit,” Musee Departmental d’Art Contemporain, Rochechouart, February 28 – June 15, 2009
“Text/Messages: Books by Artists,” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
“Regift,” Swiss Institute, New York, New York
2008
“Now You See It,” Aspen Art Museum, December 18 2008 – February 1, 2009
“2 x [(2 x 20) + (2 x 2)] + 2 = X x (Desperately) Trying to Figure Out the World,” curated by
Konrad Bitterli, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, October 25 – December 20, 2008
“Drawings on Graph Paper,” Leslie Tokonow Artworks & Projects, New York, September 11 – October 25, 2008
“Lip-gloss and Lacquer,” Spring Projects, London, England, June 13 – August 14, 2008
“Once upon a time,” in collaboration with Markus Schoeb and Hans Widmer, Yvon Lambert, Paris, April 5 – 12, 2008
“Book/Shelf,” organized by Christophe Cherix, Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 26 – July 7, 2008
“Reconstruction #3, Artists Playground,” Sudeley Castle, Phillips de Pury, London, June 1 –
October 31, 2008
“In Their Own Words,” presented by Josh Baer, Friedman Benda and Demisch Danant, Friedman Benda, NY and Demisch Danant, NY, February 23 – March 31, 2008
“Collecting Collections,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, February 10 – May 19 2008
“Intervention/Decoration, Foreground,” Frome, Somerset, England
Ambition d’Art, Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
“Order. Desire. Light: An exhibition of Contemporary Drawings,” Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, Ireland
2007
“Anyang Public Art Project,” curated by Sung Won Kim, Seungduk Kim, and Franck Gautherot, Pyongchon Area, Anyang, Korea, from October 2007
“25 Years Crone Gallery, Anniversary Exhibition,” Crone Gallery, Berlin, Germany, September 29 – November 3, 2007
“30/40,” curated by Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY, September 10 – October 13, 2007
“Bodypolitic,” curated by Florian Waldvogel and Thomas Edlinger, Witte de With, Center
for Contemporary art, Rotterdam, Netherlands, September 8 – December 16, 2007
“The Lath Picture Show,” Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, NY, June 29- August 11, 2007
“52nd International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia“, Venice, Italy
Artememoria 4, Scavi de Ostia Antica, Italy
“Still Life & Kicking,” Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, May 10 – June 8, 2007
“Held Together with Water,” Art from the Sammlung Verbund, Vienna, Austria, May 9 –
September 16, 2007
“Good Riddance,” Mot International, London, England, February 3 – March 10, 2007
2006
“Moving On: Motion,” Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany, July 8 – September 9, 2006
“Dedica,” Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy, December 16, 2006 – March 17, 2007
“The Known and the Unknown,” curated by Claus Robenhagen and Johnathan Monk, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 7 – August 12, 2006
“Thank You For the Music (London Beat),” curated by Johannes Fricke Waldthausen, Sprüth Magers Lee, London, England, June 30 – September 2, 2006
“Nineteen Sixty-Eight,” Solo Projects Studio B, Los Angeles, CA, June 17 – July 29, 2006
“Concept, Body and Dream,” Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy, March 27 – July 30, 2006
“Mental Image,” Kunstverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum, Switzerland, April 8 – May 14, 2006
“Message Personnel,” Yvon Lambert Paris, France, March 18 – April 22, 2006
“Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art,” Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, February 11 – May 20, 2007; cat.
“Public Space/ Two Audiences: works and documents from the Herbert Collection,” Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain, February 8 – May 1, 2006