About Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was a French-American artist whose seven-decade career left a lasting impact on modern and contemporary art. Best known for her large-scale sculptures and installations, she also worked in painting, drawing, and printmaking, exploring themes of family, sexuality, memory, and the subconscious. Her practice was deeply autobiographical, confronting fear, anxiety, and the complexities of the human condition.
Her iconic Maman spider sculptures and her Cells installations reveal her focus on motherhood, vulnerability, and isolation. Using materials ranging from bronze and marble to latex and fabric, she balanced fragility with strength, creating environments and forms that invite personal reflection.
In her prints and paintings, Bourgeois continued this introspective approach through symbolic, organic shapes and emotionally charged compositions. A key figure in feminist art discourse, she challenged conventional views of gender and identity. Though recognized late in life, her legacy endures through her innovation, psychological depth, and the universal resonance of her themes.
