Lawrence Weiner
Lawrence Weiner · Arts & Literature
Central figure of conceptual art; Wolf Prize in Arts (2017)
1942, Bronx, New York, USA — 2021, Manhattan, New York, USA
United States (New York) · Netherlands (Amsterdam)
Lawrence Weiner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Central figure of conceptual art; Wolf Prize in Arts (2017)
Weiner was a founder of Conceptual art, treating language itself as sculpture through his declarative text works. Born to a Jewish family in the Bronx, he worked between New York and Amsterdam and received the 2017 Wolf Prize in Arts. His insistence that an idea could constitute the artwork reshaped contemporary art.
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Central figure of conceptual art; Wolf Prize in Arts (2017)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Wolf Prize (Arts)
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