{"id":179,"date":"2011-10-03T06:02:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T13:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/?p=179"},"modified":"2011-10-29T08:03:47","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T15:03:47","slug":"36-inches-of-missing-sheetrock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"36 inches of missing sheetrock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lawrence Weiner, a fine artist born in 1940, has an incredible job: he designs museum displays that are stark, bold and simple.<\/p>\n

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Lawrence Weiner\u2019s exhibit, A Wall Pitted by a Single Air rifle Shot, on display at the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown Manhattan.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

His work is on display at the big museums. The Hirschhorn Sculpture Gallery, one of the many Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., features his work, \u201cRubber Ball Thrown on the Sea\u201d and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City has his work, \u201cA Wall Pitted by a Single Air Rifle Shot\u201d on display.<\/p>\n

These works are very large typographic works, applied to otherwise undecorated walls. The Hirschhorn Gallery work is painted directly on the wall. I couldn\u2019t get close enough to the MOMA display to determine if it\u2019s painted or made of vinyl lettering.<\/p>\n

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Rubber Ball Thrown on the Sea, is installed at the Hirschhorn Sculpture Gallery in Washington, D.C. The letters are over two feet tall.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I attempted to figure out the exact font for these works using What They Font, but didn\u2019t get them precisely. They are slightly compressed sans-serif news headline style fonts, devoid of ink-traps, displaying simple \u201cheadlines\u201d with Weiner\u2019s messages.<\/p>\n

Weiner is considered a \u201cconceptual artist.\u201d His works have been shown in many museums and galleries around the world. Many are typographic in nature, some are more \u201cconceptual.\u201d At the MOMA, Weiner has a work which involved removing a 36-inch square of sheetrock from the museum wall. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

Forgive my cynicism. I like his typographic work. I just wonder how one gets paid to have a museum remove the wall board from the gallery wall and give the artist credit for it.<\/p>\n

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