Louise Bourgeois in Venice
This past May 31 the art world has been in mourning, having lost one of its most eclectic and original artists who expressed her inner imagination mostly through sculpture: Louise Bourgeois. The French artist had belonged to that generation of artists who had lived in the lively artistic milieu of Paris in the 30s. Despite her age (she was 98 years old) she been very active up until her last days and her home in New York was a place to meet, study and discuss; a lively salon for creative minds. Every Sunday Bourgeois welcomed young and not so young artists in to discuss and exchange views on the art world.
Despite her intense and original artistic activity, official recognition by institutions came relatively late. The MoMA (Museum of Modern Art in New York) organized a retrospective of her work in 1982, while between 2007 and 2008 the Tate Modern Gallery in London and the Pompidou Centre in Paris did as well. Among the most famous sculptures of the artist we can mention the spider “Mom” which can not go unnoticed when approaching the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum.
On June 5, Emilio and Anna Bianca Foundation of Venice opened an exhibition dedicated to this unforgettable artist and installation on which she had worked called “Louise Bourgeois. The Fabric Works.” Come to Venice to admire these little-known or never seen before last works, created with fabrics: montages, collages or assembled from pieces of clothing or underwear, all skilfully combining colour and shape. The exhibition includes a series of drawings also the period 2002-2008.
This exhibition in Venice is a unique and special opportunity to combine the visit to a fascinating city like Venice, while paying homage and rediscovering one of the most important artists of the twentieth century you have until September 19. For central economical and comfortable accommodation, rent apartments in Venice.
