About Louise Bourgeois:
The notion of home:
•More than just architectural constructions
•People and family inhabit
•Comforting and secure
•Intimate interactions with family
In Louise Bourgeois’ work, the home means childhood, the first receptacle of life, and the first psychological marks.
Other works:
•Born in Paris in 1911( 97 years old)
•In 1938, she emigrated to the United States
•worked in many different mediums, including rubber, wood, stone, metal, tapestry makers, fabric.
•The dominant theme of her work—her childhood
•“My childhood has never lost its magic, it has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama.”
•Many works reference an early betrayal and relationship with her parents and the role sexuality played in her early family life
•In 1938, she emigrated to the United States
•worked in many different mediums, including rubber, wood, stone, metal, tapestry makers, fabric.
•The dominant theme of her work—her childhood
•“My childhood has never lost its magic, it has never lost its mystery, and it has never lost its drama.”
•Many works reference an early betrayal and relationship with her parents and the role sexuality played in her early family life
The childhood of Bourgeois:
•Her family life was very turbulent, due to a flighty father who had an affair with her governess (who resided in the home), and her mother, who refused to acknowledge it.
The notion of home:
•More than just architectural constructions
•People and family inhabit
•Comforting and secure
•Intimate interactions with family
In Louise Bourgeois’ work, the home means childhood, the first receptacle of life, and the first psychological marks.
Passage Dangereux (1997)
•Mixed media
•Mixed media
•like a small-scale house
•filled with assemblages of domestic stuffs like chairs, tables, mirrors, bowls , etc.
•and they strangely juxtaposed
•no privacy at all because of the chain-link fencing
Other works:•Femme-maison, 1946-1947
•Oil and ink on linen, 91.50 x 35.50 cm
•Women’s bodies terminate in different types of houses.
•The house is the ideal receptacle for all memories and, in particular, those of childhood.
•Oil and ink on linen, 91.50 x 35.50 cm
•Women’s bodies terminate in different types of houses.
•The house is the ideal receptacle for all memories and, in particular, those of childhood.
•Cell (Choisy), 1990-1993
•Pink marble, metal and glass
•The word cell is a reference to the smallest biological unit that constitutes our bodies as well as to the home, the refuge and the family
•It recalls the house in Choisy-le-Roi, south of Paris, where the artist spent her very early years, from 1912 to 1917
Questions:
References :
•http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART51348.html/ART51348.html
•http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/bourgeois/index.htmlx.html
•http://www.centrepompidou.fr/education/ressources/ENS-bourgeois-EN/ENS-bourgeois-EN.htmlurces/ENS-bourgeois-EN/ENS-bourgeois-EN.html
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Bourgeois
•Pink marble, metal and glass
•The word cell is a reference to the smallest biological unit that constitutes our bodies as well as to the home, the refuge and the family
•It recalls the house in Choisy-le-Roi, south of Paris, where the artist spent her very early years, from 1912 to 1917
Questions:•Bourgeois has always used her own family story as a source of material for her works. Can we understand the meanings of her works without any biographical knowledge?
•Although she emphasizes the autobiographical nature of her artistic production. She has also claimed that her unconscious feelings and desires influence her works. So, do you think that via biographical knowledge, Bourgeois’s statements and writing are enough to interpret her works roundly?
References :
•http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART51348.html/ART51348.html
•http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/bourgeois/index.htmlx.html
•http://www.centrepompidou.fr/education/ressources/ENS-bourgeois-EN/ENS-bourgeois-EN.htmlurces/ENS-bourgeois-EN/ENS-bourgeois-EN.html
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Bourgeois
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