Louise Lawler. adjusted : Museum Ludwig

AsƯtute, someƯtimes ironƯic, and nevƯer shy of deƯbunkƯing, for 30 years now this conƯcepƯtuƯal artist born in 1947 has anƯaƯlyzed the art sysƯtem and all of its comƯplex rules. Lawler diƯrects her gaze toƯward the fringes of art, as it were, creƯatƯing subƯtle comƯmenƯtaries of a poƯetƯic caƯsuƯalƯness via comƯpoƯsiƯtions that distinƯguish themƯselves by their forƯmal apƯproach as well as by their ecƯcenƯtricƯiƯty. Louise Lawler, who emƯbarked on her oeuƯvre in the late 1970s, beƯlongs to the broadƯer field of the "PicƯtures GenƯerƯaƯtion," which alƯso inƯcludes ShƯerƯrie Levine, Jack GoldƯstein, Richard Prince, and Cindy ShƯerƯman. At the same time, her beƯginƯnƯings were alƯso strongƯly shaped by the inƯstiƯtuƯtioƯnƯal criƯtique of the earƯly 1970s, and conseƯquentƯly her works were iniƯtialƯly inƯterƯpretƯed as soƯciƯoƯlogƯiƯcal comƯmenƯtaries reƯflectƯing on esƯthetƯic, ecoƯnomƯic, and hisƯtorƯiƯcal facƯtors in art.0The MuƯseƯum LudƯwig has grantƯed the artist toƯtal acƯcess to its buildƯing for her first large surƯvey exƯhiƯbiƯtion in GerƯmany. The exƯhiƯbiƯtion comƯprisƯes around 80 works, which are poƯsiƯtioned throughƯout the enƯtire buildƯing, thus enƯgenƯderƯing…

Год

2013

Страниц

199

Язык

английский

ISBN

9783791353449