Monograph on the work of Louise Lawler. Essay by Johannes Meinhardt. Includes an interview with the artist by Douglas Crimp. "For the past twenty years, Louise Lawler has photographed 'art' as presented in private homes, in museums, galleries, auction houses, public buildings and in museum and gallery storage areas. ... [details]
"'The most everyday object is a vessel; a vehicle of my thoughts.' In Picasso's hands, cardboard, paper, and rope metamorphose into a guitar, a goat, a woman. His friend, the great photography Edward Quinn, a privileged witness to Picasso's creative moments, recreates them here in 80 pages of everyday objects issued in an imaginary world. ... [details]