being a prism

 

 

Laurence Weiner

"Born  on February 10, 1942 is an American artist, one of the central figures of conceptual art. He was born in the Bronx, New York.
For Weiner, text is the best form of presentation of his work.  "

 Through typography and layout, his work is composed of real visual scores. Drawn by these pieces of phrase, the spectator ventures towards a new relationship with the work which is no longer a question of seeing but of conceiving.

 

What is "watching"? Why do we look at certain things? What is a point of view?

« Pour regarder, il faut un point de vue. Tout point de vue limite la vue et, sans point de vue, on ne voit rien du tout. »
"To look, you need a point of view. Any point of view limits the view, and without a point of view you see nothing at all. "
Maurice Merleau-Ponty

 

 

 

 

Biblio:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Weiner
- https://www.franceculture.fr/personne-lawrence-weiner.html