http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2010/06/louise-bourgeois-dies-at-98/ A new Smithsonian blog covering scenes and sightings from the Smithsonian museums and beyond. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2010/06/louise-bourgeois-dies-at-98/comment-page-1/#comment-3660 Clint Mcelhattan Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:17:56 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=12057#comment-3660 Terrific website, where did you came up that knowledge in this specific article? I am pleased I discovered it even though, ill be checking back quickly to view what other articles you might have. Terrific website, where did you came up that knowledge in this specific article? I am pleased I discovered it even though, ill be checking back quickly to view what other articles you might have.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2010/06/louise-bourgeois-dies-at-98/comment-page-1/#comment-3592 Betsy Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:02:59 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=12057#comment-3592 Louise Bourgeois's body of work has had such a pull on me that I travelled from Rhode Island to Washington last spring specifically to see her retrospective at the Hirshhorn. The show did not disappoint; Louise's work is always such a combination of deep emotion, staggering honesty, and new twists on creativity. I have loved her sculpture from the wooden personnages and the femmes couteaux to the large and complex cells and the shocking Destruction of the Father-I loved being surprised and shocked by Louise. I also particularly loved her prints and drawings, and I, as a mother and artist, felt a real kinship in viewing the Femme Maison, Woman/House, series. Louise was a real inspiration to me and gives me hope, as a woman who is an artist over 50, that the best is yet to come..... Louise Bourgeois’s body of work has had such a pull on me that I travelled from Rhode Island to Washington last spring specifically to see her retrospective at the Hirshhorn.
The show did not disappoint; Louise’s work is always such a combination of deep emotion, staggering honesty, and new twists on creativity. I have loved her sculpture from the wooden personnages and the femmes couteaux to the large and complex cells and the shocking Destruction of the Father-I loved being surprised and shocked by Louise.
I also particularly loved her prints and drawings, and I, as a mother and artist, felt a real kinship in viewing the Femme Maison, Woman/House, series.
Louise was a real inspiration to me and gives me hope, as a woman who is an artist over 50, that the best is yet to come…..

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