Lawrence Weiner

Lawrence Weiner is one of the central figures in the formation of conceptual art in the 1960s. His work often takes the form of typographic texts.

Weiner was born in the Bronx, New York, the son of a candystore owner. After graduating from Stuyvesant High School at 16, he had a variety of jobshe worked on an oil tanker, on docks, and unloading railroad cars. After studying at Hunter College for less than a year, he traveled throughout North America before returning to New York.

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