Louise Joséphine Bourgeois
Louise was a renowned French
artist and sculptor. She was one of the most important artists in modern and
contemporary art and known for her spider structures which resulted in her
being nicknamed the spiderwoman. Her most well known and largest spider
sculpture was called Maman and it has been installed in many locations and
sites and museums around the world.
She
is thought of as the founder of confessional art. In the late 1940’s, after
moving to New York City with her American husband, Robert Goldwater, she turned
to sculpture. Though her works are very abstract, they do often suggest the human
figure and how if it could show its inner feelings would show things like anxiety and lonesomeness. She herself
was a dark and somewhat troubled woman. She had several childhood problems and
traumas and for this she has trust issues that come out in her work.
Her
cage like installations show the setup of ambiguous scenes perhaps ones from
memories of her childhood they are usually made of rock and steel and very
heavy elements. This may be to back how heavy some of her memories are.
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