Louise Bourgeois

Born, 1911 in Paris, France

From the archived Documenta 11 website : www.documenta12.de//archiv/d11/data/english/index.html

“Louise Bourgeois can easily be considered one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century. Bourgeois’ early drawings and sculptures, metaphoric mutations of houses and female portraits as well as totem-like steles, drew upon experiences in a “domestic” world, but also fear of loss, anxiety, and the feeling of isolation in everyday life. At the same time, her works can be seen in connection with pre-Colombian art, Oceanic art, and the work of the Surrealists. During the seventies, her provocative experiments with diverse materials and forms of expression”—with latex, plaster, and performances”—and the break with convention in the portrayal of sexuality made Bourgeois one of the most important examples for a new generation of artists and a role model for the feminist movement. Since 1985, her Cells have constituted a radical expansion of this work in space. The inner rooms are accessible encyclopedias of memories”—the subject’s stage and shelter.”

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