Exhibition guide and history of Louise Bourgeois at Tate Modern
19th October 2007 - 20th January 2008
Size: 15 x 10cm
pp. 20
This major survey, in the artist’s 95th year, provides an unprecedented opportunity to reassess her work, which is characterised by its obsessive subject matter and experimental approach to materials and techniques.
Beginning with her earliest drawings, prints and paintings, the show features over 200 works in materials as diverse as latex, bronze, marble, and mirrors, as well as her most recent works using fabric. It’s also another chance to see Bourgeois’s monumental spider sculpture Maman 1999, which was shown in the Turbine Hall when the gallery opened in 2000.
This exhibition explores Bourgeois’s core themes of femininity and isolation, and demonstrates that even in her 90s she continues to defy convention.
19th October 2007 - 20th January 2008
Size: 15 x 10cm
pp. 20
This major survey, in the artist’s 95th year, provides an unprecedented opportunity to reassess her work, which is characterised by its obsessive subject matter and experimental approach to materials and techniques.
Beginning with her earliest drawings, prints and paintings, the show features over 200 works in materials as diverse as latex, bronze, marble, and mirrors, as well as her most recent works using fabric. It’s also another chance to see Bourgeois’s monumental spider sculpture Maman 1999, which was shown in the Turbine Hall when the gallery opened in 2000.
This exhibition explores Bourgeois’s core themes of femininity and isolation, and demonstrates that even in her 90s she continues to defy convention.