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Louise Bourgeois, She Lost It [performance pieces] 1992

wolfandfox:

prostheticknowledge:

Louise Bourgeois, the French-born American artist who gained fame only late in a long career, when her psychologically charged abstract sculptures, drawings and prints had a galvanizing effect on younger artists, particularly women, died on Monday at the Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan. She was 98.

Full article here

Longevity « Janet’s thread photo credit the San Francisco Chronicle

Sculptor Louise Bourgeois died yesterday. RIP amazing old artist. Portrait by Robert Mapplethorpe 1982.

mkarmstr:

Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, The Mistress and The Tangerine

“The materials are not the subject of the artist. The subject of the artist is emotions, and ideas. Both”

Trailer for the documentary The Spider, The Mistress and The Tangerine by Marion Cajori and Amei Wallach. [click through to watch!].

I so want to see this. It seems to address the process of her art, but also the emotional process of creating herself as an artist, which to me is almost more interesting.

curate:

Louise Bourgeois fuckyeahfemmes

I totally like this more than her giant spider sculptures.