Artists: Bruce Nauman and Lawrence Weiner
These two artists are united by their common love of using written language in their work--both were called 'wordsmiths' by their respective critics. While Nauman uses language in order to spark a particular reaction and also uses it in aesthetically pleasing ways, Weiner simply uses plain written language to create an aesthetic artwork not in the phsyical realm but in the viewer's mind. In this sense, both are looking to create a reaction based on language and our associations with them, but one creates the artwork in the physical realm and the other in the subconscious realm. Also, the various interpretations of their verbal-rich work adds to their skill in 'word-play'.
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Bruce Nauman
Lawrence Weiner
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