Louise Lawler

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Louise Lawler is an American conceptual artist known for her photographs and installations that critically examine the presentation, circulation, and economic value of artworks within museums, galleries, and private collections.

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instanceOf conceptual artist
human
installation artist
photographer
activeYearsStart 1970
associatedWith Barbara Kruger
Cindy Sherman
Pictures Generation artists
Richard Prince
Sherrie Levine
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1947-01-01
educatedAt Cornell University
Skidmore College
fieldOfWork appropriation
installation art
institutional critique
photography
genre conceptual photography
documentary-style photography
site-specific installation
hasExhibitedAt Art Institute of Chicago
Centre Pompidou
Dia Art Foundation
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Kunsthalle Basel
Kunstmuseum Basel
Metro Pictures
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
linked to: Museum Ludwig

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Sprueth Magers
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
linked to: Stedelijk Museum

Walker Art Center
Wexner Center exhibition "Louise Lawler: Why Pictures Now"
Wexner Center for the Arts
Whitney Museum of American Art
influenced artists engaged in institutional critique
younger conceptual photographers
influencedBy Conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s
institutional critique
languageOfWorkOrName English
living true
movement Appropriation art
Conceptual art
Pictures Generation
notableExhibition Louise Lawler and Others (Wexner Center for the Arts, 2006)
Louise Lawler: A Movie Will Be Shown Without the Picture (various venues)
Louise Lawler: Adjusted (Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 2013)
Louise Lawler: Twice Untitled and Other Pictures (Museum of Modern Art, 2004)
Louise Lawler: Why Pictures Now (Museum of Modern Art, 2017)
notableWork A Movie Will Be Shown Without the Picture
A Movie Will Be Shown Without the Picture (1979)
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Arranged by Louise Lawler
Birdcalls
Birdcalls (1972–1981)
Black and White (adjusted to fit)
Black and White (series)
Does Andy Warhol Make You Cry?
Helms Amendment
It Could Be Elvis
Living Room Corner, Arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine, New York City
Monograms
Monograms (series)
No Drones
No Drones (series)
Pollock and Tureen (Arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine, Connecticut)
Statue Before Painting
Still Life (Candle)
Tracings
Tracings (series)
Why Pictures Now
Why Pictures Now (series)
placeOfBirth Bronxville, New York
sexOrGender female
workFocusesOn art market
artworks in private collections
authorship and originality in art
circulation of artworks
display of artworks in galleries
economic value of artworks
institutional frameworks of art
politics of display
presentation of artworks in museums

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Larry Aldrich Award hasRecipient Louise Lawler
Pictures Generation hasNotableArtist Louise Lawler