Although Bourgeois exhibited with the Abstract Expressionists, she never became an abstract artist. Instead, she created symbolic objects and drawings expressing themes of loneliness and conflict, frustration and vulnerability.
She has exhibited and known artists from Duchamp to Pollock, and has survived to see the influence of her own work manifested in feminist-inspired art, as well as the development of installation art. Her artistic career, now spanning 80 years, has varied widely in her use of materials, which has constantly explored the sensuous properties of those chosen. Themes of the unconscious, fear, anger, and betrayal have also persevered throughout her work.
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| 'Fillete' 1968 Latex over plaster |
'Mapplethorpe took a photograph of that sculpture, Fillette, in which I'm holding it in my arms. Which means simply that from a sexual point of view I consider the masculine attributes to be extremely delicate; they're objects that the woman, thus myself, must protect. It's a very, very strong thing, because I was considering the masculine genital parts as attributes that I have to protect.' -pg 48
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| 'Red Room (Parents)' 1994 Mixed media |
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| 'Pink Days and Blue Days' 1997 Steel, fabric, bone, and mixed media |
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| Detail from 'Cell 1' 1991 |
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| 'She Lost It' 1992 Embroidery on clothing |
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| 'Self Portrait' 2009 Drypoint, archival dyes, ink and embroidery on cloth |
In her 98th year, Louise Bourgeois presents her last work, Self Portrait.
All the major topics of her art, like birth, childhood, maternity and selfportrait, take shape in this last work.
On a white linen sheet, embroidered with her initials, Bourgeois has created a clock of 24 hours, representing her life. The hands of the clock stand at 19h11 – the year of her birth.
SOURCES: LOUISE BOURGEOIS TATE (BOOK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/louise-bourgeois-2351
http://www.galeriepieceunique.com/special/Sept-2009/LouiseBourgeois.htm
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-bourgeois-louise.htm
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