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A survey of the psychologically, emotionally and often sexually charged work of Louise Bourgeois

Celebrated for her singular contributions to 20th-century sculpture, drawing, painting, printmaking, installation and writing, French-born American artist Louise Bourgeois'' (19112010) explorations of the human condition originated from her own lived experience. My goal is to relive a past emotion, Bourgeois explained. My art is an exorcism. Psychologically, emotionally and often sexually charged, Bourgeois'' works intermingle the abstract and corporeal, the voluptuous and the distressing, to striking effect.

Louise Bourgeois: To Unravel a Torment accompanies the first exhibition of the artist''s work at Glenstone Museum, and features more than 30 major works drawn from the museum''s collection. From her early wooden Personages to her large hanging sculptures, from suites of drawings and prints to textile works and her immersive Cells,

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      Publisher: Glenstone Foundation
      Publication Date: 23/10/2018
      ISBN13: 9780999802915, 978-0999802915
      ISBN10: 0999802917

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A survey of the psychologically, emotionally and often sexually charged work of Louise Bourgeois

      Celebrated for her singular contributions to 20th-century sculpture, drawing, painting, printmaking, installation and writing, French-born American artist Louise Bourgeois'' (19112010) explorations of the human condition originated from her own lived experience. My goal is to relive a past emotion, Bourgeois explained. My art is an exorcism. Psychologically, emotionally and often sexually charged, Bourgeois'' works intermingle the abstract and corporeal, the voluptuous and the distressing, to striking effect.

      Louise Bourgeois: To Unravel a Torment accompanies the first exhibition of the artist''s work at Glenstone Museum, and features more than 30 major works drawn from the museum''s collection. From her early wooden Personages to her large hanging sculptures, from suites of drawings and prints to textile works and her immersive Cells,

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