Lawrence Weiner Interview: The Means to Answer Questions
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- An interview with the legendary conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner about the connection between cruelty, hierarchy and rationality. The artist must ask questions past ordinary logic, he says.
In this interview Weiner philosophises on how the artist can present things people might not have noticed. Art is not meant to answer questions, but rather to ask them. Art is about things you don't know. Art is a means to answer questions. The artist must go beyond logic and risk madness, he explains: "You have to re-adapt your own logic just to be able to communicate with somebody else."
The artist must communicate a kind of "what if?" past the point of understandable logic, Weiner says: "Does each rock have a place in the sun?" Art is not telling, but showing. If you take away hierarchy there will be no racism. Cruelty is only possible because people find ways to rationalise it: "I wish people would stop being so cruel to each other." Because of this Weiner wants to "fuck peoples lives up" in the kindest way possible.
American artist Lawrence Weiner (b.1942) is regarded as a founding figure of Postminimalism's Conceptual arm in the 1960s. His work often takes the form of typographic texts. He lives and works in New York.
Lawrence Weiner was interviewed by Jesper Bundgaard
Photography and editing by Per Henriksen
Produced by Christian Lund
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2014
Supported by Nordea-fonden
I could listen to this man's voice for days....
None of you who are ridiculing him seem to understand the thesis of what he is trying to say. He is simplifying art to a point that anyone can interpret it. His work is plain, it's straight-forward and it holds no meaning. He said that himself, it's a means to give the viewer a chance to interpret the work anyway he or she wishes in any given time. This is what art does, and is supposed to do. His work is amazing, and spans a variety of countries. He is re-paving what seems to be rudimentary and putting it back into the mainstream understanding of art.
+Daroe Seven yet it's intriguing and mysterious. i love it.
oliver13deft Yes precisely! I find his approach so incredibly intriguing and interesting
Owenuma Arts repayving no but I agree with you, also art has been dead since the 70s he's not on top of what he's doing as well as other artists like baldessari of what they're doing nowadays and after the 70s but he continues his path and I have to follow it every second of the way
Trying to say? What?
He is very charismatic and fascinating. A strong and sensitive man at the same time.
thanking you kindly - indeed you have "something to say" - much appreciated Lawrence - pleased to meet-find-discover you
This is so heavy! Thank you so much Lawrence Weiner =)
this guy is fucking cool
One word for this
Insightful
For anyone who understands and is learning about the language of art.
"It's all about getting that thing in that hole" he even pronounced a wall sculpture as his final sentence.
I would see His at the same moment piece that used to be in the governors island slip next to the staten island ferry all the time from the ferry pulling in. Im sad that it was eventually removed.
"reflection of things have a tendency to become hierarchy"
Even if this doesn't get much viewership I still think it is important to say that he is speaking dialecticaly here.
I do not understand what I am supposed to feel when I engage with his creation?
Wonderful insights. Helpful.
Wisdom.
I don't quite understand what he means by 'graphic design is visceral and art is sensual'.
thank you for this.
question: what's the music used in this video?
Love it. Thanks
My research for Master about this great Art. I wish to get connections with Lawrence Weiner
GENIUS
rest in paradise cowboy
Thankyou
I have sean lot of peaple letering but this artist have sence meaning of art.Time perhapse is most elockvent unseen created human value that exsist.
💎🌈
As aware as this dude is- this video being up is just part of what he is saying- about fooling himself that it helps- but at the same time it does but its still inherent to that system.
Inspiring
Yes cameraman, people roll cigarettes
Only *artists*
I was looking at his hands
it's fascinating to watch
wood is wood
yes
thanks for that gift
Art is about something you don't know?
super
i need a ciggy
9 11:30?
maybe he invented hipsterism
Is that mid
To pose a question is art?
He is great artist
@RakeRocter RakeRocter That's what you're doing. He's presenting his view of art. "You dont like the way the egg tastes, you invent another way to cook it!". Never take an artist's (or anyone's) word as truth, but as a perspective. You find the truth.
to pose a question that nobody has ever posed before.
Has some interesting things to say. Seems like he smoked a few J's in his life.
No more closeups of him rolling his tobacco. Has nothing to do with what he is saying.
‘Getting that thing in that hole’ ? You lost me there. Not what I’m about.
This guy smokes a lot.
beats cleaning toilets
Why so much replaying of rolling the smoke? Your editor sucks.
Hippies ruined everything.
disagreeable INFJ with developed Fe
Repackaged Art for Art's sake. Postmodern rubbish.
He should smoke less
Lazy writer, and a lazy artist. But an great talker
the ASMR force is strong in this one
Hahahhaah genius comment