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19.9-5.12
LOUISE BOURGEOIS, FRANCE /USA
During the autumn of 2010 the museum will be exhibiting work by the world famous artist Louise Bourgeois, who died on 31 May 2010, aged 98.
Louise Bourgeois was born on 25 December 1911 in Paris, but was resident in New York
from 1938. She made her debut in the mid 1940s but her breakthrough was not until she was 71 when she was honoured with a separate exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1982.
Among her best known works are The Destruction of the Father, 1974, and the giant spider Maman, 1999.
Her unique art and her personal and expressive style have placed her at the forefront of contemporary art. Her work is characterized by experimentation within a range of different materials, and her favourite themes include birth, sexuality and death, often depicted in an exploration of the relations existing between the father, mother and child.
Together with several sculptures, the exhibition presents works in gouache on paper, focused on birth and the relationship between mother and child. These fantastic and tender works from the last years of her artistic career raised the art of Louise Bourgeois to new dimensions. They display a rare intimacy, warmth and sensitivity towards life’s innermost essence.
Picture: © Louise Bourgeois
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Daily 11-18
Open studio
Daily 12-15
16.8-28.11
sat & sun 12-15
General impressions
(in swedish)
Daily at 13 & 14
16.8-28.11
wed, sat & sun 14
you can book impressions in english
price: 700 SEK/group
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