Language is just another material to make visual art. Just because you paint a house with paint doesn’t mean it can no longer be used to make a painting, and just because you’re in a garage doesn’t make you a car. Language should be just as versatile a material once it enters into the palette of contemporary art as any other thing has entered.

–Lawrence Weiner in conversation with Ann Temkin and John Ravenal, 1994



RED AND GREEN AND BLUE MORE OR LESS is dedicated to the work of Lawrence Weiner (New York, 1942 – 2021) whose oeuvre is built around the sculptural possibilities of language.

The exhibition highlights the radical position of Weiner, taking as its starting point Weiner’s artistic practice of the 1960s and 1970s. This was a time when the prevailing notions of art, the role of the artist and the collector were critically interrogated, as were traditional structures like museums, galleries and art fairs. As an artist and thinker, Weiner represents a key figure both within this period and within the collection of Annick and Anton Herbert.

RED AND GREEN AND BLUE MORE OR LESS shows how Weiner’s work can be installed on a wall; can be translated to books, posters or videos; or can be recorded as audio. By bringing about a dialogue between the different presentation forms, visitors are introduced to his multifaceted oeuvre.