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Lawrence Weiner, a Common card
Lawrence Charles Weiner was an artist born and raised in New York City.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 81
- Power
- 151
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 10,000
Power 151 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Lawrence Weiner quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Lawrence Weiner card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
One of the central figures in the formation of Conceptual Art in the ____s, Lawrence Weiner explored the potentials of language as a sculptural medium.
Answer
1960s. One of the central figures in the formation of Conceptual Art in the 1960s, Lawrence Weiner explored the potentials of language as a sculptural medium. From the Lawrence Weiner article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
New Norcia, Western Australia. New Norcia, Western Australia 19,000 · Cinema of Greece 14,000 · Lawrence Weiner 10,000 · Moravian folk music 2,700 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- One of the central figures in the formation of Conceptual Art in the 1960s, Lawrence Weiner explored the potentials of language as a sculptural medium.
- For him language could be presented in any format able to discourse with typical art subjects such as: language installed on a wall, printed as text in a book or catalog, spoken or performed in a film, spoken aloud in conversation, simply remembered, et cetera, as Lawrence explains in 1970:"As to construction please remember that...
- If the piece is built it constitutes not how the piece looks but only how it could look."Weiner divided his time between his studio practice in New York City and his boat, The 'Joma' in Amsterdam.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Lawrence Weiner article was read about 10,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 81: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Lawrence Weiner
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Lawrence Weiner (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Username20251942, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
