artist- Louise bourgeois
born on the 25th of December 1911 in Paris France, a middle child with an older brother and sister. parents had a gallery featuring antique tapestries featuring many frail pieces of work being produced from her parent's restoration works. she studied maths in 1930 at Sorbonne. with her work she had a calm mind, her tutors have stated that she has more skills more suited for sculpting compared to skills painting. emigrating to new york where she studied at "art students league of new york" were her first painting was contained in a grid.-"the grid is a very peaceful thing because nothing can go wrong, everything is complete. Everything has a place, and everything is welcoming". most of her work during 1940 was constructed out scrap junk and driftwood. 1954 she befriended the abstract artist Jackson Pollock. and currently changing from working with wood on plaster and bronze.
she used experiences from her own life and poured it into the construction of her artwork; investigating fear, vulnerability, and loss of control. and her work at one point had a directional change towards the subject of feminine art and using the female form in many different ways.
FEMME MAISON 1946-47 is a painting where she explored "the relationship of a woman and a home". MAMAN was a spider sculpture that she displayed in that late 1990 explaining how "it alludes to the strength of her mother. spinning and weaving in nature and protecting." Louise work at another point in her career contained aspects of her "childhood traumas and concealed emotions" at a point when her father was having a affair and her mother's dying was affecting her . it is also noted that architectural, memories and sexualities are incorporated into her work. after meeting Tracy Emin who was influenced by her work and then worked together with her on producing a piece called " do not abandon me".
she used experiences from her own life and poured it into the construction of her artwork; investigating fear, vulnerability, and loss of control. and her work at one point had a directional change towards the subject of feminine art and using the female form in many different ways.
FEMME MAISON 1946-47 is a painting where she explored "the relationship of a woman and a home". MAMAN was a spider sculpture that she displayed in that late 1990 explaining how "it alludes to the strength of her mother. spinning and weaving in nature and protecting." Louise work at another point in her career contained aspects of her "childhood traumas and concealed emotions" at a point when her father was having a affair and her mother's dying was affecting her . it is also noted that architectural, memories and sexualities are incorporated into her work. after meeting Tracy Emin who was influenced by her work and then worked together with her on producing a piece called " do not abandon me".
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