Louise Bourgeois

Exhibition at Guggenheim NY from 2/6 to 28/9. Contributors include Marie-Laure Bernadac, Paulo Herkenhoff, Rosalind Krauss, Julia Kristeva, Donald Kuspit, Elisabeth Lebovici, Lucy Lippard, Mignon Nixon, Linda Nochlin, Alex Potts, Robert Storr, and Marina Warner. Louise Bourgeois is one of the world´s leading contemporary artists. Born in Paris in 1911, she settled in New York in 1938, beginning to exhibit her work shortly afterward. Bourgeois is a sculptor of immense distinction working with many materials, from marble and bronze to latex, fabric, and mirrors. She has exhibited worldwide, producing a beguiling body of work featuring, among other things, spiders, cages, and a range of found and sculpted objects. Her early childhood is a recurring theme that fuels her work.