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Louise Bourgeois: The Spider and the Tapestries
Hauser & Wirth (Ed.)
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Description for Louise Bourgeois: The Spider and the Tapestries
Hardback. Editor(s): Hauser and Wirth Collection. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
In the course of her artistic career, Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) dealt with a variety of different materials and techniques for the purpose of lending direct expression to her emotions. With her tapestries she pursued an act of atonement—in the literal as well as in the metaphorical sense. She sewed scraps of fabric together, engendering new sculptural forms. The practices of weaving, sewing, as well as mending are deeply rooted in Bourgeois’s childhood, whose mother ran a workshop for the restoration of old wall hangings. Nowhere else does the artist so intensely deal with the complex relationship between a mother and ... Read more
In the course of her artistic career, Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) dealt with a variety of different materials and techniques for the purpose of lending direct expression to her emotions. With her tapestries she pursued an act of atonement—in the literal as well as in the metaphorical sense. She sewed scraps of fabric together, engendering new sculptural forms. The practices of weaving, sewing, as well as mending are deeply rooted in Bourgeois’s childhood, whose mother ran a workshop for the restoration of old wall hangings. Nowhere else does the artist so intensely deal with the complex relationship between a mother and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hatje Cantz
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
102
Place of Publication
Ostfildern, Germany
ISBN
9783775739979
SKU
V9783775739979
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