Recently, I've been getting into the beautiful work of Louise Bourgeois, a 96-year-old sculptor and painter originally from France who was transplanted to America when she married an American art historian. Maman, the image above, is from the Guggenheim Museum Web site located here.
Louise Bourgeois’ work is both epic and delicate, striking a balance between sensuality and childhood innocence. It has evolved over time, ever-changing, spread over a variety of media on her lifetime-long artistic journey. Her work is a tribute to everything she has experienced. Bourgeois herself states, in her piece Untitled (I Have Been to Hell and Back),
"I have been to hell and back. And let me tell you, it was wonderful."
See more for yourself.
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