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Louise Lawler — Red, Yellow and Black
Louise Lawler

Red, Yellow and Black

Louise Lawler's *Red, Yellow and Black* is a dye destruction print face-mounted to Plexiglas, a process that lends the image a luminous depth and pristine, glossy surface. True to Lawler's conceptual practice, the work likely depicts art objects or gallery settings in ways that interrogate how artworks are framed, displayed, and assigned value within institutional contexts. The mounting technique itself reinforces this inquiry, blurring the boundary between the photographed subject and the art object on display.

Medium
Dye destruction print, face-mounted to Plexiglas.

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October 3, 2017

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Louise Lawler, Red, Yellow and Black

Louise Lawler's *Red, Yellow and Black* is a dye destruction print face-mounted to Plexiglas, a process that lends the image a luminous depth and pristine, glossy surface. True to Lawler's conceptual practice, the work likely depicts art objects or gallery settings in ways that interrogate how artworks are framed, displayed, and assigned value within institutional contexts. The mounting technique itself reinforces this inquiry, blurring the boundary between the photographed subject and the art object on display.

Medium
Dye destruction print, face-mounted to Plexiglas.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Analytical Mood, Conceptual Photography, Institutional Critique, Photographic Print, Bold Colors, Wall-Mounted Format, Bold Color Palette, Contemporary Artist, Appropriation Art, American Artist, Post-Modern Movement, Chromogenic Print, Late 20th Century, Minimalist Composition, Female Artist

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