"The name of the place." (photography exhibition)

Artforum International | May 1, 1997| | Copyright

CASEY KAPLAN

Laurie Simmons' photographic scenarios of dolls, dummies, and other miniatures can stand as a kind of iconic template for the moves of a whole generation of artists of the '80s, but I'm not sure I've thought of her work when visiting the shows of certain young artists of the '90s - Vanessa Beecroft, say, who makes a medium out of model-type women lounging around, or Lisa Yuskavage, who paints way-overinflared babes. Seeing them in "The Name of the Place," though, which Simmons curated, her work came irresistibly to mind. In fact the show pulled off a neat ...

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