ART IS NOT A METAPHOR UPON THE RELATIONSHIPS OF
HUMAN BEINGS TO OBJECTS & OBJECTS TO OBJECTS IN
RELATION TO HUMAN BEINGS BUT A REPRESENTATION
OF AN EMPIRICAL EXISTING FACT
IT DOES NOT TELL THE POTENTIAL & CAPABILITIES OF
AN OBJECT (MATERIAL) BUT PRESENTS A REALITY
CONCERNING THAT RELATIONSHIP
IF AND WHEN A PRESENTATIONAL SITUATION CANNOT
ACCOMMODATE BY VIRTUE OF SELF-PROTECTION
(CONFLICT OF BASIC IDEOLOGIES) A WORK OF ART
IT (THE WORK OF ART) THEN MUST ERECT A STRUCTURE
CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING ITSELF (THE WORK OF ART)
BUT WHATSOEVER SUPPORT IS FOUND CAPABLE BE-
COMES IN EFFECT LEGITIMIZED
PERHAPS THE DIALECTIC CONCLUDES AS THE SYSTEM
OF SUPPORT CHANGES
A REASONABLE ASSUMPTION SEEMS TO BE THAT PRO-
LONGED NEGOTIATIONS WITH A NON-ACCOMMODATING
STRUCTURE IS NOT THE ROLE AND OR USE OF EITHER
THE ART OR THE ARTIST
THE OBVIOUS CHANCE IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF ART TO
A CULTURE IS PERHAPS THAT THE EXPLANATION (NOT
NEEDED JUSTIFICATION) OF THE EXISTENCE OF ART
HAS BEEN ALLIED TO THE CONCEPT OF PRODUCTION
THIS READING WHILE OBVIATING SOME FROM OF SOCIAL
UNEASE IS NOT IN FACT THE CASE
ART IS IN RELATION TO ITS SOCIETY A SERVICE
INDUSTRY
THE ARTIST'S REALITY IS NO DIFFERENT FROM ANY
OTHER REALITY
IT IS THE CONTENT THAT GIVES THE PERCEPTIONS AND
OBSERVATIONS OF AN ARTIST (WITHIN THE
PRESENTATION ART) A USE FACTOR WITHIN THE
SOCIETY
THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEED FOR THIS DISTANCING
BY A SOCIETY (IN FACT THE NEED ITSELF) BY A SOCIETY
FOR ITS ART TO FUNCTION HAS LED TO THE
MISCONCEPTION THAT ART & ARTISTS ARE APART FROM
SOCIETY UNLESS THEY DO NOT FUNCTION US ART &
ARTISTS
A CONCEPT (IDEA) OF ENDEAVOR (WORK) WITHOUT A
COMMITMENT IS NOT A REASONABLE ASSUMPTION
1. THE ARTIST MAY CONSTRUCT THE WORK
2. THE WORK MAY BE FABRICATED
3. THE WORK NEED NOT BE BUILT
CONSTANT PLACATION OF PREVIOUS AESTHETICS CON-
SUMES PRESENT RESOURCES TO THE EXTENT THAT AS
THE NEEDS & DESIRES OF A PRESENT AESTHETIC MAKE
THEMSELVES FELT (EVEN WHEN THE BASIS IS IN A
PREVIOUS AESTHETIC)
THE RESOURCES HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED
LAWRENCE WEINER
published in: Concept Art. Stalke Galleri/Kopenhagen, Brigitte MARCH Galerie/Stuttgart, ESPACE DES ARTS/Chalon´s Saone. 1968/89