<p>Conceptual Artist Lawrence Weiner is quite fond of formulating statements in which he claims to have dismissed metaphor from his artwork. He is completely wrong. No matter what is claimed, Lawrence Weiner's art, and most Conceptual Art and Neo-Conceptual Art, whether good or bad, is deeply grounded in interlocking base metaphors; metaphors commonly ignored because they are so transparent.</p>

Conceptual Artist Lawrence Weiner is quite fond of formulating statements in which he claims to have dismissed metaphor from his artwork. He is completely wrong. No matter what is claimed, Lawrence Weiner's art, and most Conceptual Art and Neo-Conceptual Art, whether good or bad, is deeply grounded in interlocking base metaphors; metaphors commonly ignored because they are so transparent.

Episode 41: Lawrence Weiner, Conceptual Art, and Metaphor

Dr Great Art! (Sometimes even with a "?"), Art History, Visual Metaphor, and a dash of politics. Through his podcasts and performance-lecture installations, artist and art historian Dr Mark Staff Brandl takes viewers inside visual art, art history, and visual metaphor theory. Entertainingly, yet educationally and aesthetically he presents and discusses stimulating tidbits of knowledge. Brandl stands for an understanding of art in which art historical knowledge and aesthetic pleasure merge into a new artistic experience.

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Episode 41: Lawrence Weiner, Conceptual Art, and Metaphor

Episode 41: Lawrence Weiner, Conceptual Art, and Metaphor