Presenting language and typographic text as an object of art and conceptual enquiry, Weiner's works are site-specific. His interest in language stems from the desire for an aesthetic and universal accessibility: “I didn’t have the advantage of a middle-class perspective. Art was something else; art was the notations on the wall, or the messages left by other people. I grew up in a city where I had read the walls; I still read the walls. I love to put work of mine out on the walls and let people read it. Some will remember it and then somebody else comes along and puts something else over it. It becomes archaeology rather than history.”

"1. THE ARTIST MAY CONSTRUCT THE PIECE

  2. THE PIECE MAY BE FABRICATED

  3. THE PIECE NEED NOT BE BUILT 

EACH BEING EQUAL AND CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE ARTIST THE DECISION AS TO CONDITION RESTS WITH THE RECEIVER UPON THE OCCASION OF RECEIVERSHIP."

- Lawrence Weiner, STATEMENT OF INTENT, 1968