Artist field note

Lawrence Weiner

Language as sculpture.

Appears inConceptual Art

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A 36 x 36 Removal to the Lathing or Support Wall of Plaster or Wallboard from a Wall

1968

The title states an action precisely enough that the physical removal need not be permanently owned.

The five in one idea

Weiner made language occupy space with the economy of a physical object and the openness of an instruction.