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Joseph Clark Collection

Louise Bourgeois

1911–2010 · Sculpture, drawing, textile and installation

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) was a French-American artist, born in Paris and later based in New York, whose autobiographical sculptures, drawings and textiles deal with memory, family and the body. She is best known for the spider sculpture Maman and the Cells series.

Work on this site

Louise Bourgeois, Untitled, 1998. Red drawing of four suspended foot-like forms above a soft red ground line.Untitled, 1998Felt-tip pen, ink, and graphite on paper

About the artist

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, celebrated for her deeply autobiographical sculptures, drawings, textiles, and installations. Born in Paris and later based in New York, Bourgeois explored themes of memory, trauma, sexuality, family relationships, anxiety, femininity, and the subconscious throughout a career spanning more than seven decades. She is best known for monumental works such as Maman and her psychologically charged Cells series. (Tate)

Sources

  1. Tate: Louise Bourgeois
  2. The Easton Foundation
A room in the Joseph Clark Collection hung salon-style: framed paintings, drawings and photographs cover two white walls, with sculptures on a teak sideboard and a white plinth below.
Installation view of the Joseph Clark Collection, including works by Zhang Enli, Tamsin Relly, Glenn Ligon, Louise Bourgeois, Ray Parker, Phyllida Barlow, Bengt Rosenström, Antonio Tarsis, Hugo Glendinning, Tim A Shaw, France-Lise McGurn, Mia Chaplin, Fabian Peake and Yukako Shibata.

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