Louise Lawler

Born: 1947

Hometown: Bronxville, NY

Lives and Works: New York, NY

Education: BFA, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1969

About The Artist

Louise Lawler’s photographs focus on the presentation and marketing of artwork. Photographing the work of artists in collectors' homes, in galleries, on the walls of auction houses, and in museum storage, Lawler is also known for her installation pieces and experimental works. Birdcalls, from the 1970s, is an audio artwork that transforms the names of famous male artists into a sound poem, parroting names such as Richard Artschwager, Dan Graham, and Lawrence Weiner—a mockery of the conditions of privilege and recognition given to male artists at that time.

Galleries

Metro Pictures, New York, NY

Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris, France

Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Germany

Select Permanent Collections

Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Ellipse Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna

Museum van Hedendaagse, Antwerp

The Tate Gallery, London, England

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Works by the Artist