Los Angeles Times 1997

For Daniel Wiener, drawings rarely serve such preparatory purposes. Rather than tracing the stages of an idea’s development, the New York-based sculptor’s images are complete unto themselves.


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Los Angeles Times 1996

Daniel Wiener’s five pint-size sculptures at ACME Gallery hang from the ceilng on nearly invisible lines of monofilament. Loaded with associations that are difficult to articulate. These delightfully indescribable blobs of hydrocal, Sculpey and wire initially have the presence of words that get stuck on thc tip of your tongue.


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Thingness

While large-scale installations have come to dominate the three-dimensional arena of contemporary art, sculptural objects have undergone their own transformation-from the autonomous, self-sufficient works of bygone. Modernism to referentially rich, materially suggestive, “things.”
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hairtoextraholly

Not too long ago, struggling with my work more than usual, I wondered if and how to continue. Two things happened. First I tossed out the rulesand limitations I had set for myself 20 years ago and decided to experiment with different media. The starting point for “hairtoextraholly” was to morph other artists’ shapes into mine and back again. As if mimicking the emotional process of influence would point to the resolution of my artistic crisis.


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Fine Art Adoption Network

Frequently I post work at the Fine Art Adoption Network. FAAN is an online network, which uses a gift economy to connect artists and potential collectors. All of the artworks on view are available for adoption. This means acquiring an artwork without purchasing it, through an arrangement between the artist and collector. See my work on FAAN.
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Norte Maar in NYT

Art Galleries With Less of a Profit Motive Flourish in Brooklyn By CARA BUCKLEY Published: March 6, 2009 Read Article.




Create Virtual Host on Mac 10.5

For each of my websites, I create a website on my own computer that mirrors the online version. This tutorial shows you how to set up your computer as a webserver. Other tutorials tell you how to create virtual hosts on your Mac. This one is for people with little experience and who need step-by-step instructions.
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