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Scope and Contents Amazon.com: "Lawrence Weiner (b. 1942) is one of the primary figures associated with the emergence of conceptual art in the 1960s. For over four decades, Weiner has defined art as a representation of relationships in the physical world, 'the relationship of human beings to objects and objects to objects in relation to human beings'. This highly anticipated publication represents the full range of Weiner's practice, from the early 1960s to the present, from his early paintings to his work in language, including works on paper, films, videos, books, and public commissions. Weiner adopted language as his primary material in 1968. According to his landmark "Statement of Intent", an oft-quoted declaration first published in 1969, each work can be constructed by the artist, fabricated by someone else, or need not be built at all and simply presented in language. Weiner's work is often manifested outside the gallery context, through postcards, billboards, lectures, or even on a series of...

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This card depicts a list of automobile license plates observed in Berlin; all plates begin with the designation "B." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This card depicts a list of automobile license plates observed in Essen; all plates begin with the designation "E." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This card depicts a list of automobile license plates observed in Frankfurt; all plates begin with the designation "F." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This card depicts a list of automobile license plates observed in Karlsruhe; all plates begin with the designation "KA." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This card depicts a list of automobile license plates observed in Weimer; all plates begin with the designation "WE." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Signs Ltd. of Bellenden Road have, after some adjustments I made to the prototype, produced, in laminated plastic with perspex slide, a handsome multiple of my favourite device. This comment about the work originates from Phillips' Works/Texts to 1974 (1974), p. 266. "A shop that I pass regularly on the way to the studio had a small red and white plastic sign saying C LOOPSEEND. Since the shop sold yams and sweet potatoes I assumed that this was the name of the proprietor; the double vowels suggested Dutch however and I was puzzled each time I passed it. Having seen this name for about a year and having thought it odd but probably liable to rational explanation, I suddenly came across its double in a second-hand shop in Ipswich in 1965. I was about to ask the shopkeeper whether he was any relative of his namesake in Camberwell when I noticed, in the back of the shop, many piles of similar nameplates, each bearing the inscription C LOOPSEEND. For some reason I made no enquiry in the...

Scope and Contents Signs Ltd. of Bellenden Road have, after some adjustments I made to the prototype, produced, in laminated plastic with perspex slide, a handsome multiple of my favourite device. This comment about the work originates from Phillips' Works/Texts to 1974 (1974), p. 266. "A shop that I pass regularly on the way to the studio had a small red and white plastic sign saying C LOOPSEEND. Since the shop sold yams and sweet potatoes I assumed that this was the name of the proprietor; the double vowels suggested Dutch however and I was puzzled each time I passed it. Having seen this name for about a year and having thought it odd but probably liable to rational explanation, I suddenly came across its double in a second-hand shop in Ipswich in 1965. I was about to ask the shopkeeper whether he was any relative of his namesake in Camberwell when I noticed, in the back of the shop, many piles of similar nameplates, each bearing the inscription C LOOPSEEND. For some reason I made no enquiry in the...

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The recto of the card reads "I am still O.K." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The recto of the card reads "Art isn't working." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The recto of the card reads "You Haven't Changed a Bit." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The recto of the card reads "Same Here." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each poem object consists of a box handmade by Biro into which has been placed a circular mirror on a cushioned bed with the following lines: 1) We Get On Well, 2) I Don't Look Anyone In The Eye, 3) I'm Obsessed With The Future, 4) It's Hard Not To Hate In A Situation Like This, 5) Often Feel Like Don Quixote and 6) Life Here Is Just Survival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is an illustrated catalogue of prints and books produced by the October Foundation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.