Untitled, 2003.
Curated by Philipp Kaiser
Renowned for her photographs of the arrangements of paintings and other artworks, Louise Lawler can always be counted on for witty juxtapositions and unexpectedly lovely, even poignant images created within the context of the institutional discourse on art. For the artist’s first retrospective, chief curator Philipp Kaiser has brought together some fifty prints from the past twenty-four years. New pictures are also in the offing, photographed in the host museum, at the Kunstmuseum Basel, and at the Art Basel fair. The catalogue, designed by Lawler, includes essays by Kaiser, Isabelle Graw, Christian Kravagna, Birgit Pelzer, and Artforum editor at large Jack Bankowsky. Is a picture no substitute for anything?
