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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Louise Lawler canonical 2

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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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Adjusted to Fit (series) ⓘ
Arranged by (series) ⓘ
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 ⓘ