She tries to give special attention to the places in which they have been made, finding the role of the artist as creator and the places where that creation happens, intensely interesting. She often takes photos of work hanging on the walls of museums or in an art collector's home. She is often associated as being part of the 'pictures generation' school of thought.
« I do not exactly think I am a photographer. I am just trying to point things out. I never feel like I am answering anything. »
Louise Lawler
She also does
conceptual and installation art, including theBook of Matches andHelms Amendment (1989). Her work can often be intensely political and is very diverse. It will sometimes include political pamphlets and she will address what she sees as
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She tries to give special attention to the places in which they have been made, finding the role of the artist as creator and the places where that creation happens, intensely interesting. She often takes photos of work hanging on the walls of museums or in an art collector's home. She is often associated as being part of the 'pictures generation' school of thought.
« I do not exactly think I am a photographer. I am just trying to point things out. I never feel like I am answering anything. »
Louise Lawler
She also does
conceptual and installation art, including theBook of Matches andHelms Amendment (1989). Her work can often be intensely political and is very diverse. It will sometimes include political pamphlets and she will address what she sees as establishment art. Even the work that challenges the establishment should be challenged. Her work is sometimes seen as 'abstraction art' or 'institutional critique' for this reason.
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