On a fixed point from a fixed point, Installation artwork in Tuileries Garden, France

'On a fixed point from a fixed point' is a long, low wall of light beige stone blocks with a flat top, standing at the edge of a broad sandy ground area in the Tuileries Garden, against a wall of the terrace near the Galerie du Jeu de Paume. Two sections of white epoxy-painted text run across its face: '(Placed) on a fixed point' on the left and '(Taken) from a fixed point' on the right. A hedge and trees stand behind it.

The piece was created by Lawrence Weiner in 1992, marking a key moment in expanding the garden's contemporary art collection. This addition strengthened the site's role as a venue for modern artistic works.

The two phrases are the work's own title, painted in white epoxy on a wall of the Tuileries terrace near the Galerie du Jeu de Paume. Lawrence Weiner, born in 1942, treats language itself as the material, so the sentence is the artwork rather than a caption for an object.

The wall stands against the terrace wall of the Tuileries Garden, near the Galerie du Jeu de Paume, at the far edge of a broad sandy area. Reach it on foot through the garden; the painted phrases face the open ground, so they read best from a few steps back.

The work plays with the concept of spatial reference points and changes depending on the viewer's position. This dependence on the visitor's perspective makes each encounter with it a personal experience.