- Self-taught Conceptual Artist
- Conceptual Art
- Language
- Public Art
Lawrence Weiner made language a sculptural material. From the late 1960s he formulated works as statements that could be physically realized, imagined, or simply exist as text.
Text installation; sculpture; books; film
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Outside with Jane Panetta: Lawrence Weiner
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- A 36 x 36 Removal to the Lathing or Support Wall of Plaster or Wallboard from a Wall
- Statements
- Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole
- AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
- Placed upon the Horizon (Casting Shadows)
- Smashed to Pieces (In the Still of the Night)
- A Translation from One Language to Another
- Within Forward Motion
- A Wall Built to Face the Land & Face the Water at the Level of the Sea
- Taken from the Wind & Bolted to the Ground
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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