SLANTLouise Lawler’s doubling

Feb 1, 2024 | artforum.com | SLANTLouise Lawler’s doubling |James Cahill |Dean Rader |On Siteglamour

Louise Lawler’s doubling and the search for an archetypeIN A PHOTOGRAPH from Louise Lawler’s recent exhibition at Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, the sculpted head of a horse appears doubled. The long-exposure shot, captured as the artist made a swiping motion with the camera, depicts a plaster cast of a statue, once part of the east pediment of the Parthenon, splitting into a pair of heads—a blurred white form, a still-blurrier ghost.