Lawrence Weiner is an American artist who made visual poetry and who wrote the art manifesto “Declaration of Intent” (1968).
He designed the Quando Quango and Section 25 poster for Factory Records in 1985.
With Ned Sublette, he released the albums Ships At Sea, Sailors & Shoes (1993) and Monsters from the Deep (1997).
In Antwerp, his poem “Iron and gold in the air, dust and smoke on the ground” is on permanent display at the Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum.
Alle Weissheit ist bey Gott dem Herrn… (1654) by an anonymous artist
There is something fascinating about twilight zones, transition areas, liminal states, limbo, shadow- and borderlands. I love objects and regions which are unresolved in nature, even impure.
Ah … classificatory disputes about art!
Is the above an example writing or visual art? Is it poetry or calligraphy, art or decoration?
Visual poetry is perhaps its best description.
Whatever it is, it is one of my World Art Classics, #294 to be exact.