Louise Lawler The Gerhard Richter Photographs

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In Louise Lawler and/or Gerhard Richter: Photographs and Works, Lawler's lens does more than capture works of art-it interrogates them. Her minimalist compositions, at times starkly black and white, at others radiant with color, expose the hidden architecture of the museum space: frames, walls, lighting, silences. Under the exacting direction of Dietmar Elger and the keen eye of Tim Griffin, this book unfolds a sharp meditation on the staging of art. Here, Richter is not merely a painter-he becomes both subject and screen of projection. Each image questions the value, the context, and the modes through which art circulates and is revealed. It is a hushed choreography between artwork, viewer, and institution, captured with near-surgical precision.