A groundbreaking work, edited by Germano Celant in collaboration with the artist and her New York studio, which enriches our knowledge of Louise Bourgeois. Over a long career she worked through most of the twentieth century's avant-garde artistic movements from abstraction to realism, yet always remained uniquely individual, powerfully inventive, and often at the forefront of contemporary art. She was one of the world’s most respected sculptors, best known for her public-space pieces, grand-scale sculptures of spiders so large they must rest outside. But beginning in the 1960s, she used her own clothing and that of her loved ones as components of her sculptures and designs: a reincarnation of her childhood and her past. Her art would expand into new realms in 2002 when she began to weave together scraps of iridescent-colored fabric, creating works that vary from figures of flowers to chromatic abstractions, constituting a repertoire of truly surprising interweaves. This set of images is collected here in its entirety for the first time, constituting the closest thing yet to a general catalog.
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Germano Celant, PhD in contemporary art and theory, is the author of more than 100 publications. He is also the curator of hundreds of exhibitions in the most prominent international museums and institutions.
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This is a beautiful book, high quality pictures and lots of fabric work that I had not realised Louis had completed in her final years. The writings are very informative . Love it and will always hold onto it. Its a must for any Louis Bourgeois fans.
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This beautiful book catalogues an exhibition by the same name , first held in Venice in 2008. Paper and print quality are generous.
The essay [by Germano Celant ], the chapter listing the catalog of L.B's important exhibitions , and the listing of work done in terms of yearly periods/phases - are each intelligently presented ,fleshing out ideas about her work with a freshness and clarity . There is more insight and generosity here than most other L.B publications.[Publication originally in Italian , the translation occasionally apparent].
The photographs are beautiful , following both iconic and less known work.
Louise Bourgeois died in 2010 at the age of 99 , the book describes a steady path through this long life , a surprising consistency , editing and remembering and repairing , and possibly redemption expressed in the feminine mother heroine softness of the fabric woven spider illustrated on the cover . Given this argument , this mother spider should be as iconic to L.B's work as the massive sensational[ist] metal spiders have become.
This book is essential to a comprehensive understanding of L.B's work as 'repairer'of self.
The essay [by Germano Celant ], the chapter listing the catalog of L.B's important exhibitions , and the listing of work done in terms of yearly periods/phases - are each intelligently presented ,fleshing out ideas about her work with a freshness and clarity . There is more insight and generosity here than most other L.B publications.[Publication originally in Italian , the translation occasionally apparent].
The photographs are beautiful , following both iconic and less known work.
Louise Bourgeois died in 2010 at the age of 99 , the book describes a steady path through this long life , a surprising consistency , editing and remembering and repairing , and possibly redemption expressed in the feminine mother heroine softness of the fabric woven spider illustrated on the cover . Given this argument , this mother spider should be as iconic to L.B's work as the massive sensational[ist] metal spiders have become.
This book is essential to a comprehensive understanding of L.B's work as 'repairer'of self.
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This beautiful book provides a thorough grasp of Louise's work that is less well known. There are color plates of the work, personal writing by the artist, and essays. It is astonishing how her work stayed fresh as she aged and lived to be and for being an
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