{"product_id":"louise-bourgeois-9780714841229","title":"Louise Bourgeois","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the centurys most distinguished artists  Louise Bourgeois is an utterly unique figure. Born in Paris in 1911  Bourgeois spent most of her career receiving little recognition from the art community. She has worked closely to many of the centurys key artistic moments  from Surrealism to Abstract Expressionism to feminist art  and yet she remains distinct from all of them. An extraordinarily influential sculptor  she has worked  often experimentally  with materials varying from alabaster  plaster  latex  bronze and marble. Bourgeois is equally admired for her intimate drawings  often combining fragments of text  and her highly personal writings  which often address her long and complex life story. With the backdrop of a conflicted and sexually complicated family upbringing  her struggles as an artist in a world reserved for men  as well as her experiences as a mother  the subject of her work is as broad as the materials in which she expresses them. As a figure of outstanding significance in contemporary art  her stature has been recognized by such awards as the American National Medal of the Arts (1991)  the French Grand Prix National de Sculpture (1991) and the Venice Biennales Golden Lion Prize (1999)  among others.  Critic Paulo Herkenhoff (with Thyra Goodeve) has been in discussion with Bourgeois for many years. Topics in their Interview range from her troubled relationship with her father  to mens fashions  to her recollections of Marcel Duchamp  whom she knew personally. Critic and curator Robert Storrs Survey chronicles the unique trajectory of Bourgeois work and life from a highly personal point of view. In his Focus  critic Allan Schwartzman concentrates on Cell (You Better Grow Up) (1993)  an intense cage-like space. For her Artists Choice Bourgeois has selected extracts from the novel Bonjour Tristesse (1954) by Francoise Sagan  whose story about a young girls response to her fathers amorous relationships parallels to some degree the artists own childhood experiences. The Artists Writings include an early text  The Puritan  from 1947  alongside discussions of her own work  autobiographical writings and artists projects.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651897122869,"sku":"ByrdShop_0714841226","price":67.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780714841229.jpg?v=1781844356","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/louise-bourgeois-9780714841229","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}