Lawrence Weiner In Conversation With Gilda Williams

Sat 27 Sep 2014
Lawrence Weiner in conversation with contemporary art critic, lecturer and writer Gilda Williams on the occasion of the exhibition ALL IN DUE COURSE at the South London Gallery.
Find out more about the event: www.southlondongallery.org/page/lawrence-weiner-in-conversation
Find out more about ALL IN DUE COURSE: www.southlondongallery.org/page/all-in-due-course
Guidance some strong language used.

[@pope400]

She's an amazingly well qualified critic and writer, speaker and teacher, but these kinds of people just aren't artists. It's many an essay or article or interview with/of an artist that the lack of first-hand understanding shows through and the vague ignorance becomes clearer in those asking or writing the questions... because they're just not artists. They know all the critiques, they know the trivia, their fingernails are clean, and their souls preserved still by the reserve having not dug away for piece after piece etc. He's so far above her. The career artists always are.

[@knsummers]

It's always apparent in so many ways who is the artist and who is part of the art scene. The artist doesn't have to follow the art scene dress code.

[@ianwaelder5484]

This video is incredible. Loved it, thanks for sharing.

[@ohyeiff]

art is an attempt to deal with the situation in front of you honestly and not base it on what we have as a value structure when you started to do it.....amazing

[@samuelhumphrey5908]

It’s amazing she has the way to keep pursuing something of value.
Lovely work xx

[@flynnenoch7931]

instablaster.

[@samuelhumphrey5908]

Gilda Williams well done xx

[@georgemcfetridge8310]

Jon, here in these comments, feels that Weiner is above or beyond Williams in the sense that she is on the outside looking in. I think Weiner sets up that sense consciously in his manner of participation, but is she less valid or worthwhile than Weiner in this interview? There's too little understanding of difference - which I think is the actual dynamic here. There are areas of art or culture or life she gets to that he doesn't, thus a tremendous potential richness for the viewer beyond just Weiner's ethos.

[@akane1928]

The ending made me laugh

[@albertoballocca]

Enlightened man 🙏

[@andrewharrison6510]

these old white people have blind spots, but i guess thats part of his point, that we see art and artists that we are unsatisfued with, so we create the world we want to see

[@lisalovelylpa]

Omg she gonna ever stop talking !

[@ChrisCoombes]

55:31 I felt a bit lost until this bit.

[@heavyexplainers]

i get it
move on

[@christianegonbarnthaler1426]

super