biografia di Louise BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)

Personal data


Birth : 12/25/1911 - Paris Île-de-France, France
Death : 05/31/2010 - New York NY New York, United States
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : France - United States

Representatives

Cheim & Read – 547 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States
Galerie Karsten Greve – Drususgasse 1-5 – Cologne, Germany
Galerie Karsten Greve – 5 rue Debelleyme – Paris, France


Education

1936 – 1937 : Ecole du Louvre – Palais du Louvre Place du Carrousel – Paris, France
1936 – 1938 : Académie des Beaux-Arts – 23 quai de Conti – Paris, France
1937 – 1938 : Académie de la Grande Chaumière – Académie de la Grande Chaumière 14 rue de la Grande Chaumière – Paris, France
1938 :
Has frequented the studio of Fernand LÉGER 费尔南‧雷杰 [ 1881-1955 ]

Professional data


Work and Life

1938:She lives and works in New York, NY, USA.


Prizes

1999

1999 : Leone d’Oro – Venice VE, Italy
Context: d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia (06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999)
Awarded by : La Biennale di Venezia – 1364/a Ca’ Giustinian – Venice VE, Italy


Other professions

1963 : Professor – Sculpture
Brooklyn College CUNY – Department of Art 2900 Bedford Avenue – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States

1964 – 1965 : Professor – Sculpture
Pratt Institute – 200 Willoughby Avenue – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Print-Multiple :
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze
Drawing-Watercolor : Ink - Pencil - Watercolour

Movements and styles

Minimal Art
Conceptual Art
Surrealism

Works

Toi et Moi
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Installation
 
Precious liquids
Date of creation : 1992
Medium : Construction
Size : 427 x 442 cm
 
Sans titre (La tache rouge)
Date of creation : 1989
Medium : Drawing
Materials : ink
Supports : vellum
Size : 23 x 30 cm
 
Cumul I
Date of creation : 1969
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : marble
Size : 51 x 127 x 122 cm
 
Femme Volage
Date of creation : 1951
Medium : Sculpture
 
Dagger Child
Date of creation : 1947-1949
Medium : Sculpture
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2006

Prints & unique works on paper
Goya Girl Press Inc – Baltimore MD, United States
02/04/2006 – 04/14/2006

2005

Galerie Hauser & Wirth – London, United Kingdom
2005 – 03/12/2005

Kukje Gallery – Seoul, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
04/01/2005 – 04/30/2005

Stiches in Time
MOCA Museum Of Contemporary Art – Miami Beach FL, United States
02/12/2005 – 03/27/2005

2004

The Reticent Child
Cheim & Read – New York NY, United States
10/21/2004 – 12/31/2004

Centre de la Gravure et de l’Image Imprimée – La Louvière, Belgium
01/31/2004 – 04/18/2004

2003

Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
2003 – 09/21/2003

Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
2003 – 06/22/2003

L’Araignée
MNHN Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle – Paris, France
12/10/2003 – 09/12/2004

Intimate Abstractions
Akademie der Künste Berlin – Berlin, Germany
06/04/2003 – 07/27/2003

2002

Irish Museum of Modern Art – Dublin, Ireland
2002

Le jour la nuit le jour
Palais de Tokyo – Site de Création Contemporaine – Paris, France
10/08/2002 – 11/24/2002

Prints
Susan Sheehan Gallery – New York NY, United States
09/24/2002 – 11/30/2002

Marbles
Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
05/25/2002 – 07/27/2002

Louise Bourgeois
Krannert Art Museum – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Champaign IL, United States
03/26/2002 – 08/04/2002

Helsinki City Art Museum – Helsinki, Finland
02/26/2002 – 05/05/2002

Galería Soledad Lorenzo – Madrid, Spain
01/17/2002 – 03/02/2002

2001

Livres illustrés
Musée d’Art Américain de Giverny – Giverny, France
11/2001

Sculptures et dessins
The State Hermitage Museum – Saint Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
10/2001 – 12/29/2001

Guggenheim Museum – Bilbao, Spain
10/2001 – 01/20/2002

Kunstraum – Innsbruck, Austria
09/2001

Spiders at Rockfeller Center
Public Art Fund – New York NY, United States
06/21/2001 – 08/20/2001

Spiders
Rockfeller Center – New York NY, United States
06/21/2001 – 09/04/2001

2000

Inaugural Installation of the Tate Modern at Turbine Hall
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
2000

Louise Bourgeois
Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2000

1999

Louise Bourgeois
Galerie Karsten Greve – Cologne, Germany
1999

Louise Bourgeois : Graphic Works
Remba Gallery – West Hollywood CA, United States
1999

1998

Louise Bourgeois : Topiary
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1998

1996

Louise Bourgeois : les lieux de la mémoire
Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal – Montréal QC, Canada
1996

1994

Print Retrospective
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1994

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Cheim & Read – 547 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Hauser & Wirth Gallery – 196A Piccadilly – London, United Kingdom

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Art of this Century – 530 West 25th Str., 6th Floor – New York NY, United States

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Peter Blum Gallery – 99 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States

sf6 San Francisco International Art Exposition
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
01/16/2004 – 01/19/2004
Represented by : Gallery Paule Anglim – 14 Geary Street – San Francisco CA, United States

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – 5 rue Debelleyme – Paris, France

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Fahnemann – Gipsstr. 14 – Berlin, Germany

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Art Of This Century – 63 avenue de Breteuil – Paris, France

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Art of this Century – 530 West 25th Str., 6th Floor – New York NY, United States

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Graphicstudio – Institute for Research in Art – University of South Florida – Suite 100 3702 Spectrum Boulveard – Tampa FL, United States

ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Carolina Nitsch – 101 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Peter Blum Gallery – 99 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Peter Blum Gallery – 99 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States

KunstRAI
Amsterdam, Netherlands
05/15/2002 – 05/20/2002
Represented by : Willem Baars Art Consulting – Henri Polaklaan 12 A – Amsterdam, Netherlands

ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Peter Blum Gallery – 99 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Peter Blum Gallery – 99 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States

Art Toronto 2001 – TIAF Toronto International Art Fair
MTCC Metro Toronto Convention Centre – Toronto ON, Canada
10/11/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Equinox Gallery – 2321 Granville Street – Vancouver BC, Canada

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium

SOFA Sculpture Object and Functional Art – Chicago, n°8
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
10/05/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Mendelson Gallery – 5874 Ellsworth Avenue – Pittsburgh PA, United States

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Peter Blum Gallery – 99 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States

KunstRAI, n° 17
Amsterdam, Netherlands
06/05/2001 – 06/10/2001
Represented by : Willem Baars Art Consulting – Henri Polaklaan 12 A – Amsterdam, Netherlands

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Hauser & Wirth – Galerie Hauser & Wirth Limmastrasse 270 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – Drususgasse 1-5 – Cologne, Germany

13th Annual Works on Paper
New York NY, United States
03/02/2001 – 03/04/2001
Represented by : Elrick-Manley Fine Art, Inc. – 118 Riverside Drive 10A – New York NY, United States

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Cheim & Read – 547 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Alan Koppel Gallery – 210 West Chicago Avenue – Chicago IL, United States

2000

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Galeria Joan Guaita Art – Veri, 10 – Palma de Mallorca, Spain

KUNSTKÖLN 2000 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Messegelände Köln-Deutz – Cologne, Germany
04/01/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : Boza Editor – Rambla Cataluna 50 – Barcelona, Spain

Palm Springs International Art Fair
Palm Springs CA, United States
03/15/2000 – 03/19/2000
Represented by : Artnet.com – 23rd floor 61 Broadway – New York NY, United States

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Art Affairs – Wittenburgergracht 313 – Amsterdam, Netherlands

SOFA Sculpture Object and Functional Art – Chicago, n°6
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
11/05/1999 – 11/07/1999
Represented by : Galeria Joan Guaita Art – Veri, 10 – Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Artpalmbeach – Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
03/10/1999 – 03/15/1999
Represented by : Locks Gallery – 600 Washington Square South – Philadelphia PA, United States

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galería Lluc Fluxá – Can Ribera, 4 – Palma de Mallorca, Spain

SAGA – 12ème Salon des Arts Graphiques Actuels
Espace Eiffel Branly – Paris, France
04/23/1998 – 04/27/1998


Group exhibitions

2004

Artéfacts. La vie secrète des choses.
Fondation d’art contemporain Daniel & Florence Guerlain – Les Mesnuls, France
2004 – 12/19/2004

De leur temps, collections privées Françaises
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
10/06/2004 – 12/06/2004

12 From Cheim Read
Fay Gold Gallery – Atlanta GA, United States
06/04/2004 – 07/12/2004

Sculpture and Form
John Berggruen Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
06/03/2004 – 07/31/2004

La création contemporaine à la Manufacture nationale de Sèvres
Campredon – Maison René Char – L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France
03/20/2004 – 06/20/2004

2003

The Exquisite Object II
Lucas Schoormans – New York NY, United States
2003 – 04/19/2003

Sculpture Invitational
The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale – Riverdale NY, United States
06/19/2003 – 08/31/2003

Le Corps Transformé
Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada – National Gallery of Canada – Shawinigan, Canada
06/15/2003 – 10/05/2003

A Way With Words
John Berggruen Gallery – San Francisco CA, United States
06/05/2003

Carte blanche à Valère Novarina
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
04/23/2003 – 06/09/2003

Louise Bourgeois, James Lee Byars – Il disparut dans le silence total
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
01/15/2003 – 03/31/2003

2002

Art Downtown
New York NY, United States
06/14/2002 – 09/15/2002

Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002

Family
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art – Ridgefield CT, United States
05/19/2002 – 09/04/2002

2001

Surrealism : Desire Unbound
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
09/20/2001 – 12/16/2001

Platea dell’ Umanità – 49° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/10/2001 – 11/04/2001

Points of Departure I: Connecting with Contemporary Art
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
03/23/2001 – 10/28/2001

2000

Biennale of Sydney , n° 12
Sydney NSW, Australia
05/26/2000 – 07/30/2000

The End : An Independent Vision of Contemporary Culture 1982-2000
Exit Art / The First World – New York NY, United States
01/29/2000 – 04/01/2000

Présumés Innocents
CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux – Bordeaux, France
2000

1999

Regarding beauty in Performance and Media Arts
Smithsonian American Art Museum – Washington DC, United States
1999

d’APERTutto – 48° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
06/13/1999 – 11/07/1999

Signs of Life – 1st Melbourne International Biennial
The Ian Potter Museum of Art – Melbourne VIC, Australia
05/14/1999 – 06/27/1999

1998

Wounds : between democracy and redemption in contemporary art
Moderna Museet – Stockholm, Sweden
1998

Roteiros – Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n°24
Parque do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
10/03/1998 – 12/13/1998

1995

Campo – 46° Biennale di Venezia
Ca’Giustinian San Marco 1316 – Venice VE, Italy
06/11/1995 – 10/15/1995

1994

Drawings : Louise Bourgeois, Asta Gröting, Eva Hesse, Roni Horn, Kathy Temin, Rosemarie Trockel, Rachel Whiteread
Frith Street Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1994

1993

Aperto 93 – 45° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
1993

1992

Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992

1989

Les Magiciens de la Terre
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1989

1983

Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1983

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2002

Art Tomorrow
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 2879392497

2001

Women Artists in the 20th and 21st century
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
2001
ISBN : 3822858544

art : 21 – Art in the Twenty-first century
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Inc. – 100 Fifth Avenue – New York NY, United States
2001
ISBN : 0810913976


Exhibition catalogues

2000

Biennale of Sydney 2000
Sydney NSW, Australia
2000
ISBN : 0959661999

1999

La Biennale di Venezia, 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte
Publisher: Marsilio Editions – Venice VE, Italy
06/1999
ISBN : 882080414X

1996

Louise Bourgeois : Drawings and Observations
Publisher: Art Museum – UC University of California – 2626 Bancroft Way – Berkeley CA, United States
1996


Monographies

2001

Louise Bourgeois : The Insomnia Drawings
Publisher: Scalo – Weinbergstrasse 22a – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
Author: Bronfen Elisabeth – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
Author: Bernadac Marie-Laure – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2001
ISBN : 390824739X


Periodicals

2002

MÜLLER Silke – Documenta 11
in: Art das Kunstmagazin p. 14
Hamburg, Germany
06/2002

Arte y Parte n° 36
Santander, Spain
12/2001-01/2002

2001

HOPKINS David – Surrealism 2001
in: Art Monthly n° 251 p. 1
London, United Kingdom
11/2001

1980

GARDNER Paul – The Discreet Charm of Louise Bourgeois
in: ARTnews n° 79 p. 80
New York NY, United States
02/1980

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