Every Which Way Up — Fine Art

Every Which Way Up - 2010 by Lawrence Weiner places three words across the surface, read in more than one direction. The text sits in a single colour against a plain ground. The picture belongs to the artist language based practice, where the sentence is the object and the reading order shifts with your position.

This fine art print sits in a frame with a back panel, so the text stays flat and the surface stays even. The matte finish keeps the letters from catching a lamp. The frame holds the edges clean and the back panel keeps the print square on the wall.

On a kitchen wall near the sink you see the words shift as you walk past the counter. The letters turn with your position and the text reads differently from each spot by the table.