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Louise Lawler
Metro Pictures
Unconvincing. The geniuses of Metro Pictures present an exhibition of digital photographs taken by Ms Lawler of a lot of other artists’ work mounted on museum boxes.
Ho-hum, I say. While one detects a certain element of satire in the repetitive presentation of the same works several times, the whole business is to this critic far too dry to justify itself. One is unconvinced Ms Lawler is putting in any sort of effort beyond phoning, or since these are digital, emailing, her work in. Further, one is not swayed by the gallery’s aperçus, from Ann Goldstein, regarding the works’ awareness of the contingency of meaning oh there I go again I just yawned.
There is some sort of gesture in that the pieces photographed are located in auction houses and museums and some such nonsense, but nothing comes of it. In sum, cultured persons are directed to walk past the entrance.
Tags: contemporary art, Art reviews, Metro Pictures, Louise Lawler, digital photographs
