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IYKYK Louise Lawler, Sunset In A Bunker

this color photo by louise lawler depicts the reflected light of the red yellow and blue triangular glass facets of olafur eliasson's spherical chandelier, berlin colour sphere, on the concrete wall and ceiling of the bunker in berlin that houses the boros collection. a black electrical cable is loosely pinned to the ceiling, presumably running to the chandelier. the picture's title, sunset in a bunker, reveals none of this information. this picture is being sold at christie's in oct 2025
Louise Lawler, Sunset in a Bunker, 2009/10, c-print facemounted on plexi and plywood, 10×13 in., ed 2/5 (1AP) selling at Christie’s by 10 Oct 2025

Will we one day be able to deduce the travels and photography of Louise Lawler by close readings of her work, the way we can figure out where On Kawara was, and what he was up to?

Is there an entire body of work, for example, that she made when she visited the extremely bunker-branded Boros Collection in Berlin in 2009, and if so, was it kind of overwhelmed by all their Olafur Eliassons on view when it first opened?

Or is this one, little face-mounted picture, faux-enigmatically titled, Sunset in a Bunker, showing Eliasson’s Berlin Colour Sphere, 2006, the first artwork version of the chromatic glass chandeliers he made for the Copenhagen Opera House in 2004, all there is?

I would assume the Boroses got ed. 1 of whatever there is, but so far I don’t see that they’ve exhibited anything.

10 Sept 2025, Lot 163, Louise Lawler, Sunset In A Bunker, 2009/10, est. $4-6,000 [christies]