Louise Bourgeois
Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (1911-2010) was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker.
Bourgeois was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French minister of culture in 1983. Other honors included the Grand Prix National de Sculpture from the French government in 1991; the National Medal of Arts, presented by President Bill Clinton in 1997; the first lifetime achievement award from the International Sculpture Center in Washington D.C,; and election as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2008, the French Legion of Honor medal was presented to Bourgeois by President Nicolas Sarkozy in the artist’s Chelsea home.
On May 31, 2010, Louise Bourgeois passed away at the age of 98.
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Much like Bourgeois’ surreal spider sculptures, artists Kiki Smith and Wangechi Mutu explore conceptions of the feminine through layered symbolism.
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Richard Serra, another artist known for his monumental metal sculptures, similarly creates abstract expressionist prints of architectural arches and other forms. View his work.
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Women in Print
29 Oct 2021 - 15 Jan 2022Women in Print is an annual ode to the women who have shaped the world of printmaking. Comprised of works on paper by iconic artists Louise Bourgeois, Judy Chicago, Lesley Dill, Mary Heilmann, Helen Frankenthaler and Danielle Orchard, Women in Print shines light on women’s oft-underrexamined roles in the historically male-dominant field of printmaking.Read more -
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A Textile-inspired Print Show 25 Jun - 2 Oct 2021Textiles are as complex as they are quotidian. We interface with fiber constantly (it’s enveloping you right now) but seldom investigate our longstanding bond with material. Within their threaded DNA,...Read more -
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29 Nov 2019 - 14 Feb 2020Zane Bennett Contemporary announces its annual group exhibition , which features Zane Bennett Gallery staff favorites from the 2019 collection, including Judy Chicago's Birth Tear/Tear and Ghada Amer and Reza...Read more
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Diana Widmaier Picasso’s Jewelry Company Menē Launches a Louise Bourgeois Collection
Barron's December 12, 2019“We looked to the archives to see what was feasible and decided on these three sculptures, because they are really jewelry sculptures: The Spider, Arch...Read more -
Diana W. Picasso taps the Zane Bennett Collection for her Holiday Wish List
Artsy December 4, 2019Artsy Editorial asked Diana W. Picasso, art historian, entrepreneur, and granddaughter of Pablo Picasso, to share the artists they’d love to collect this holiday season....Read more
