"Louise Bourgeois: To Unravel a Torment" : May 2018-January 2020, Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland, United States. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title at Glenstone, May 2018-January 2020. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Selections from the Diaries of Louise Bourgeois / Louise Bourgeois. A History of the Night / Briony Fer -- Works in the Collection -- A Note on the Diaries of Louise Bourgeois / Philip Larratt-Smith -- Selections from the Diaries of Louise Bourgeois / Louise Bourgeois.
Summary:
The trailblazing work of French - born American artist Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) will be the subject of a five-decade survey exhibition featuring more than 30 works, all from Glenstone's collection, including a recently acquired master piece that was realized at a pivotal moment in her career: the 1974 installation "The Destruction of the Father." On view in the exhibition will be a selection of early wooden "Personage" sculptures; pieces in bronze, marble, plaster, and rubber; suites of drawings and prints; textile-based works; and room-like installations that she called "Cells." In these works Bourgeois forged a unique vocabulary, powerfully and idiosyncratically expressing psychic states and emotions such as anger, fear, and loneliness, and often evoking a sense of disquiet about the strangeness of the human body. In 1974, Bourgeois made a precursor to these Cells with her first installation, The Destruction of the Father, a theatrically-lit diorama depicting primal violence served up as a commentary on domineering father figures and the imaginary revenge they inspire. Exhibition: Glenstone Museum, Potomac, USA (10.05.2018 - 20.01.2020).
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