Louise Bourgeois's Books

A critical study of Louise Bourgeois's art from the 1940s to the 1980s: its departure from surrealism and its dialogue with psychoanalysis.

Her increasing recognition since then culminated with the selection of her work to represent the United States at the 1993 Venice Biennale.

Louise Bourgeois' tapestry and needlepoint work deals with reparation in both a literal and metaphorical sense. In many of the works, fragmented tapestries are pieced together and repaired to create new sculptural forms. The recurring practices of weaving, stitching and mending express Bourgeois' identification with her childhood and the family business of tapestry restoration. Coupled with the medium of tapestry, Bourgeois' recurring motif of the spider symbolizes her mother, a weaver, and fully explores the complex relationship between mother and child. This publication includes archival photographs and facsimile documents from the Bourgeois family archive, as well as excerpts from the artist's psychoanalytical writings.

Frances Morris presents a selection of the artist's recent work with a major focus on fabric sculptures and prints. Tough and sometimes very moving, Bourgeois' most recent projects mark out a practitioner who, although in her 90s, remains at the height of her powers.

Showcases over three hundred pieces made out of fabric that aims to express the emotion that the artist attempted to recreate during its creation.

133 Colour Illustrations

Book's by Louise Bourgeois

Fantastic Reality

Fantastic Reality

The Prints of Louise Bourgeois

The Prints of Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois

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