Lawrence Weiner

A Bookcase for onestar press

2007

Bookcase with set of 153 artist's books and digital files

Not on view

Weiner's main material is language. In 1968 he declared that his works do not have to be constructed by him or even fabricated at all. From that time, his art has consisted of "propositions"—usually texts written on walls—rather than objects.
The French publishing house onestar press invited Weiner to design a bookshelf to display the artist's books they have produced since 2000. The company's name is a play on "one–star hotel" and refers to the inexpensive digital rotary press the publisher uses.

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Book/Shelf, March 26–July 7, 2008.

Medium Bookcase with set of 153 artist's books and digital files
Dimensions overall: 14 1/8 x 77 13/16 x 8 7/16" (35.8 x 197.6 x 21.4 cm)
Publisher onestar press, Paris
Printer Various Printers
Fabricator (bookcase)Scenicorp, Brooklyn
Edition Edition (bookshelf): 8
Credit Monroe Wheeler Fund and the Trustee Committee on Museum Archives, Library and Research, in honor of Agnes Gund
Object number 1129.2007.1-154
Department Drawings and Prints

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