Louise Bourgeois 12.25.1911—05.31.2010

02 Jun 2010, Posted by Kylie in art, 0 Comments

“The purpose of the pieces are to express emotions. My emotions are inappropriate to my size… my emotions are my daemons… the intensity of the emotions are much too much for me to handle and that is why I transfer them, I transfer the energy into sculpture… this applies to everything that I do. It has nothing to do with the craft. It has nothing to do with how I manage the materials. The materials are not the subject of the artist. The subject of the artist is emotions and ideas. Both.” —Louise Bourgeois, from the documentary, The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine.

Louis Bourgeois, Paris born sculptor and artist, died on Monday in Manhattan. A couple of years ago, I saw a retrospective of her work at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., which included the documentary The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine. I fell in love with her as I watched the film— her passion, her strength, her raw honesty. I highly recommend watching the film if you are ever in search of artistic inspiration. Below are some examples of her work.