Louise Bourgeois
Stitches in Time
Frances MorrisForeword
Bonnie Clearwater
Louise Bourgoin her nineties at onset rated
some ofthe od presi ad power works four ie
Althongh she as bem exiting her work since oq and was
1 important ce mong the os. Word Wt I generation of
fen NewYork major engin came ater ie Most
igen the Mascur of Modern Ain New York give
Bourges retospetve al the ag of evento in 8
“Ths eaibition war al the in retrospective given ta wom
by Moma
‘Louise Bourgeois Stites in Time’ ws ognized bythe
Ish Museum of Mover rt Dublin and wa cuted by Frances
Moni Seni Caran Tte Moder and Brenda MePland,
Senior Casto ead of Fhibions eh Mazrum of Modere
Ant ts Scan Bourges extraondinary recent aks of so
scilptures made of eum and woven bic pd elke vives,
‘sich contain emotionally nem ben
‘As Brena McParland has noted, "Laie Bourges hasbeen
1 poner of wing illaton aa way of enguging aiden
in the experience ofan. Her work ha ads major fluence om
international ontermpray snc the te rpee and conics
to ape and motte success generation of young ae
T wish to thank the lish Maven of Modem Ait for alding
[MOC athe inl vere of ths exhibition, which tured sever
‘muscu in Europe: My spprsaton especially goer o Frances
“Morn and Brends Metin for ogiizng such bis
andtimely exibition.
Tested heat thank to Louse Bourgeois parcpatng
inthis eatin. Jey Gorovy and Wendy Williams at the
Louise Rouge Sto nee ser cooperative and elf andThe ipl sesocation of arhtectare and the gue
these roma arsine explored ns erin of pnts
tnd He Deed int Cole See made in gg ee
ges 70-3}: Image of lta rhs strctares ore with
[ecnie and window spertres ae uxtapse with shoe
testy cach ne telling in monotone -an nepal leo
lowe and spaling ofan nab commute Although
femiicet a my commentators hve pointed ato the
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ngs archos and clear safle none of Boars!
eps vractoresae artery ober ty remain as
enigmatic and unyielding the es these.
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slngside leading igh of Abt Expressoniar her vo
tentrbations to debtesom contemporary rae ad the
acquisition by MoMA in gy of he Shaping Fg contiae,
Tpanystandinds array eleven stato cate by
show ncn nse exitons
x young woman, na mal-dnsnited world binging up three
‘dae in an adopted count Howe tise! moment of
prominence was flowed nos dead of professional
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(depres fr which she
athe al busines of exablshing a antiquarian bo
und some distraction in tevin
shop
Ten year er Bogen redscovere or ane
senention fasts the young eric Lic ppd who ame
crows Bourget work throgh Raber Goldwater wih nhom
‘he ws siding for her doctorate. Lipps nda
tshibiti Exes Abstraction he Fahch Calley New
Sok ia 966 Bought together group of ists indi ea
Hee and Brute Naumann whore mak ke dscered a mow
za fom Minimalism ova es forullbound acthete,
thug the se of moe asin laden materls and proces
nttd techniques?
Tn plc of cving constrocting and asserbling in wood
‘hese strange new wok lamp couation of landscape ad
Bourgeois seemed tobe playing with opporton
ae interchange between
rey —in whi
cof had and sf, fen mage
‘opposing sem entities te made ror plate and ter
tex materi ich begin ie without form bt equze
teansfrmation thaugh process pouring harening hiping
cw. They wer highly tate fen repellent and tiigly
anginal Witnessing thie wrk forthe Bt ene the xt
Daniel Robins commented eva ef and aeqesintace
‘once dry an ent and lo, ome bak om journey
teamed Des cally rund ad orgune’*he friend (he spider - why the spider? because my bes fiend was
my mother and she was deliberate, ever, patient, soothing, reasonable,
dainty, subl, indispensable, neat and as useful a a spider. She could
also defend herself and me, by refsng to ansiver stupid inquisitive
embarassing, personal questions.
I shall never tie of representing her
Twant to eat, sleep, argue, hurt, destroy
Why do you?
My reasons belong exclusively to me.
The treatment of Fear
“To my taste, the spider isa little bit too fastidious There isa very
French, fiddly, overly rational, 'tricoteuse’ sie to her (Xavier
‘Teco! with her ever more precise and delicate invisible
mending; she never tres of splitting hairs. This endless
is exhausting and visually it can be reductive. It makes n
to rush out onto the street and fill my lungs with air. Analyses
‘without end, questions within questions mincing away
For once this spider admits to being tired. She leans against
the wall (ee the prostitute who eyes her client from the shadow
of the doorway, against the door ofthe years
To analyse and mince away i one thing but to make a decision is
something ele (a choice, a judgement of value
lysis
Caught in a web of fer
The spider's webs
The deprived women,