When I heard that Louise Bourgeois (Season 1) passed away on the morning of May 31, I was genuinely surprised. It seemed only natural that she would live into a second century. I called a friend, an artist whose visceral, narrative work has always been explicitly about maternity and clandestinely about Bourgeois, the seminal artist-mother.
Louise Bourgeois created the first of her darkly compelling spider sculptures in the mid-1990s, when she was in her eighties. The artist saw spiders as both fierce and fragile, capable of being protectors as well as predators. For Bourgeois, the spider embodied an intricate and sometimes contradictory mix of psychological and biographical allusions. Partly a […]
When French photographer Jean-François Jaussaud asked an 84-year-old Louise Bourgeois for permission to photograph her at her New York home and studio, she gave him an intimidating stipulation.
This Amazing Exhibit of Hanging Sculptures is a Must See for Fans of the Late French Artist, Louise Bourgeois. More Photos and Commentary at the Link!
Louise Bourgeois - Deslaçar um Tormento na Fundação Serralves - 04 Dezembro 2020 a 20 Junho 2021 - Exposição de uma das mais importantes artistas
A selection of shots from Louise Bourgeois: The Return of the Repressed, an exhibition showcasing the psychoanalytical writings of the late French artist, alongside a selection of artworks
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Wye provides an expert overview not only of Bourgeois's prints and artist’s books, but her work as a whole.
Louise Bourgeois's works are surrounded by a large and ever-growing body of literature, generated both by the artist herself and by a throng of critics seeking to engage with the huge variety of her artistic output and with her personality and personal history. The textuality of these statements,