On The Museum's Ruins

"On the Museum's Ruins presents Douglas Crimp's criticism of contemporary art, its institutions, and its politics alongside photographic works by the artist Louise Lawler to create a collaborative project that is itself an example of postmodern practice at its most provocative." Discussed are artists Cindy Sherman, Sherrie Levine, Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ed Ruscha and curators Robert Sobieszak and John Szarkowski. An important, engaging work.