Bremerhaven, Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, in cooperation with Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD
1978, 17x11 cm., paperback with dustjacket, [54] (1-26] -[2] - [30-56]), artist’s book with the title printed on both covers. Original English text by Lawrence Weiner printed on pages [1]–[26], with a German translation by Jürgen Wesseler printed in the opposite direction, on pages [54]–[30]. Edition of 1,000 copies. Original edition, some detached pages.
Bibliography: Schwarz 1989: pp. 157-15
"Weiner pursued his reflections on color (…) in WITH A TOUCH OF PINK, by using the context of graphic design as a metaphor. Content does not appear as such, but only within a circumscribed space. As colors nothing but vehicles of content, or are they ultimately contant themselves? Would this mean that they are not elements of style but instead difine the manner of representation, its structure? Sincethe meaning of color is contingent upon history and place of application, colors not only obey the code required by content, they even provide content with a specific context. Accepting the arbitrariness of context prevents the work from reducing content to mere metaphor.”. The work, “WITH A TOUCH OF PINK”, serves to formulate the dialectics of content and context, already seminal to the propeller series". (Schwarz)
Bremerhaven, Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, in cooperation with Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD
1978, 17x11 cm., paperback with dustjacket, [54] (1-26] -[2] - [30-56]), artist’s book with the title printed on both covers. Original English text by Lawrence Weiner printed on pages [1]–[26], with a German translation by Jürgen Wesseler printed in the opposite direction, on pages [54]–[30]. Edition of 1,000 copies. Original edition, some detached pages.
Bibliography: Schwarz 1989: pp. 157-15
"Weiner pursued his reflections on color (…) in WITH A TOUCH OF PINK, by using the context of graphic design as a metaphor. Content does not appear as such, but only within a circumscribed space. As colors nothing but vehicles of content, or are they ultimately contant themselves? Would this mean that they are not elements of style but instead difine the manner of representation, its structure? Sincethe meaning of color is contingent upon history and place of application, colors not only obey the code required by content, they even provide content with a specific context. Accepting the arbitrariness of context prevents the work from reducing content to mere metaphor.”. The work, “WITH A TOUCH OF PINK”, serves to formulate the dialectics of content and context, already seminal to the propeller series". (Schwarz)
