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Louise Bourgeois: Works in Marble : Marmorarbeiten
Louise Bourgeois Works in Marble Marmorarbeiten Author:Michaela Unterdoerfer Still working at the age of 91, Louise Bourgeois is recognized as one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century. This comprehensive study of Bourgeois work in marble includes pieces from the 1960s to the present, and offers the artists own reflections on the medium and its importance to her oeuvre. In her seventy-year... more » career Louise Bourgeois has worked in a wide variety of mediums, including latex, wood, plaster, and metal. Yet she returns again and again to marble, a material she "can wrestle with." As this volume reveals, the major themes of Bourgeois artchildhood, family, the body, sexuality, and innocenceare enhanced by the flesh-like tones and smooth, unforgiving surface. Oscillating continually between abstract figures and organic form, Bourgeois manages to imbue this inert material with extraordinary emotional intensity, from her mysterious and dramatic large-scale "cell" installations to her seductive and feminine "nature studies."« less