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 ArtConceptual 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