Louise Bourgeois / engl.

Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was born on December 25, 1911. This book, which is devoted to the central themes of the late artist's oeuvre, is being published on the occasion of her one-hundredth birthday. It examines her life, her exploration of the works of other artists, and the transformation of her emotions into works of art. Over the course of nine chapters, characteristic works are presented in the context of art history by comparing and contrasting them with works from the Beyeler Collection. The book brings home the fact that Bourgeois not only offset the important antagonism between the figurative and the abstract in modernism, she also helped to provide a unique interpretive level to modern art beyond that of the purely visible. This publication is an introduction to the life and work of a woman who was one of the most important artists of her time. (German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-3311-3)





Exhibition schedule: Fondation Beyeler, Basel/Riehen, September 3, 2011-January 8, 2012





Language: English

Cover
Imprint
Title
Encounters and Non-Encounters
Maman: Medea and Penelope
Memling Dawn
Being an Artist Becoming an Artist
The Blind Leading the Blind
Janus
In Respite
A l'infini
Epilogue
Endnotes
Biography
Abbreviated Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Photo Credits