Louise Bourgeois: I Have Been to Hell and Back

Louise Bourgeois: I Have Been to Hell and Back

Anyone who has stood underneath one of Louise Bourgeois' Mamansâ€•her sculptures of spiders, symbolizing maternal protectionâ€•understands the singularity of her artistic approach. Stylistically, her pioneering body of work is complex: she deployed a wide variety of materials and practicesâ€•drawings, etchings, installations, works made of fabric, sculptures in wood, marble, bronze, latex, plaster and hempâ€•to address universal questions. This extensive monograph provides an overview of Bourgeois' artistic development, and presents a large number of works, including some that have never before been reproduced. The volume is grouped into themes that characterize her oeuvre, including memory, trauma, relationships, sexuality, fear and the difficulties of being an artist and mother at the same time. Personal photographs further document the artist's childhood and family life, with several letters and documents being made available for the first time.
Born in Paris, where she studied with Fernand LÃ©ger, Louise Bourgeois (1911â€“2010) moved to New York in 1938, where her first solo exhibition was held at the Bertha Schaefer Gallery in 1945. She quickly developed a sculptural vocabulary that drew inventively and equally on Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism and psychoanalysis. Bourgeois had her first retrospective in 1982, at TheÂ Museum of Modern ArtÂ in New York. She died in May 2010.
Country USA
Brand Hatje Cantz
Manufacturer Hatje Cantz
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 23288807
ReleaseDate 2015-06-23
UnitCount 1
EANs 9783775739702

Country	USA
Brand	Hatje Cantz
Manufacturer	Hatje Cantz
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	23288807
ReleaseDate	2015-06-23
UnitCount	1
EANs	9783775739702

Louise Bourgeois: I Have Been to Hell and Back

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