For folks with interest in Lawrence Weiner - text/concrete poetry/ conceptual artist, etc., whose first work emerged in the late sixties - Roberta Smith has a good review plus photographs of his retrospective recently opened at the Whitney. Though Weiner is deeply into language/thought and the implications of text explored - almost in the manner of paint and/or sculpture - in the context of gallery and public spaces - it is a good bet that Weiner's work is rarely studied in the context of most MFA writing programs. (Ron Silliman recently explored this sad poverty in a recent essay on the fate of consideration (lack thereof) of contemporary concrete poets.)
For those in New York or visiting there is a nice permanent Weiner text piece on the crossbeam of an old Federal house on Greenwich near Canal Street. I have a picture and discussion of it on my blog from earlier this year:
http://stephenvincent.net/blog/?m=200701
Stephen V
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Currently a short take on David Buuk's splendid talk and power point slide show on 'unpublic' public art in San Francisco and the Bay Region. A event that should be repeated!
Plus more pix and improvs on Valencia Street by yours truly.
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