LG Williams, Certificate Of Closure, 2010, 11 x 8 1/2″, Limited Edition Certificate
LG Williams, Closed (Super Project Window)
2010, 48 x 64, Vinyl and Engineer Grade Reflective Sheeting on Heavy-Duty Aluminum, Edition of 10
TOKYO — The Estate of LG Williams™ would like to bring to your attention to two new series of “museum wall labels” artworks.
Beginning in November 2010, American LG Williams examined the museum wall label motif by appropriating and transforming them into living art works in their own right in two distinct museum wall label series. One series reproduced museum labels from many world-famous artists’ works, while another introduced soon-to-be-famous artists’ works.
These museum wall label artworks not only alluded to past, present, and future masterpieces of art, they themselves materialized into exquisite works of art. Each piece is unique, as are most museum wall labels, made from the highest quality materials and produced by expertly trained Japanese artisans. All were considerably beyond the production scope of most institutions.
Additionally, the scale of each artwork was considered “variable”, as a result of being directly dependent upon the exact number of words in each text, while the final, over-all measurements of the artwork would be determined by the art collector upon delivery.
The 2010-11 label artworks by Williams were exhibited in galleries and artfairs and documented in publications in Japan, Europe and the United States:
• (2011) Exhibition at Super Window Project, Kyoto, Japan
• (2011) In Print review in Artforum
• (2011) Exhibition at Artissima with Super Window Project
• (2011) Print review in La Stampa during Artissima
• (2012) Exhibition at Gloria Maria Gallery with Super Window Project in Milan, Italy
Many of Williams’ “museum wall labels” artworks have been sold to private collectors.
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For further information please contact:
The Estate of LG Williams™
press@lgwilliams.com
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(Left) LG Williams Museum Wall Labels, 2010
(Right) Elmgreen & Dragset Museum Wall Labels, 2015
LG Williams, When The Event Happened…Shit, We Were Completely Terrified And Devastated!!! Or I’m Totally Fine, Guys And Gals, But I Just Want To Address This For Once And For All Because Everyone Has Been Asking Me (Angelina Jolie Was Here!), 18 X 196″, Lettering On Wall, Private Collection, Tokyo, Japan
LG Williams, And Here’s What’s Really Freaking Interesting…Or, You Don’t “Blindside” The Mother Of Your Two Young Children Like This. She’s Better Off Without Him. I Wish Her All The Best. (Lindsay Lohan Was Here!), 2010, Dimensions Variable, Lettering On Wall
LG Williams, Life Has Taken Its Tollbooth, Or I Knew, And When You Know, You Know (Brad Pitt Was Here!), 2010, Dimensions Variable, Lettering On Wall
LG Williams, Brooke Shields Was Here!, 2010, Dimensions Variable, Lettering On Wall
LG Williams, Christina Aguilera Was Here!, 2010, Dimensions Variable, Lettering On Wall
Detail View: LG Williams, This May Not Seem Like Anything More Than Wandering Around Malls, Going To Starbucks, Or Hitting The Random Gas Station Restroom, Or, Consider This: If This Just Ain’t The Best Goddam Fucking Multi-Media Installation I Have Ever Saw In My Freaking Entire Life — And I Am Fucking Old!, 2010, 96 x 60”, Paint On Wall, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
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Installation View: LG Williams, This May Not Seem Like Anything More Than Wandering Around Malls, Going To Starbucks, Or Hitting The Random Gas Station Restroom, Or, Consider This: If This Just Ain’t The Best Goddam Fucking Multi-Media Installation I Have Ever Saw In My Freaking Entire Life — And I Am Fucking Old!, 2010, 96 x 60”, Paint On Wall, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
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Installation View With Johnnie Walker (Left) and Baron Osuna (Right) And Unknown Photographer (Center): There Are So Many More Things In This World That Matter Or But You Know, The Simple Word I Can Give – And There’s A Few, So Let Me Say A Few, 2010, 60 x 80″, Vinyl and Engineer Grade Reflective Sheeting on Heavy-Duty Aluminum
There Are So Many More Things In This World That Matter Or But You Know, The Simple Word I Can Give – And There’s A Few, So Let Me Say A Few, 2010, 60 x 80″, Vinyl and Engineer Grade Reflective Sheeting on Heavy-Duty Aluminum
Frenemy-And-Coke-Strewn Road To Self-Destruction, The Obstacles To A Comeback, Or The Controversial Biopic, 2010, 60 x 80″, Vinyl and Engineer Grade Reflective Sheeting on Heavy-Duty Aluminum