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Louise Bourgeois Stitches in Time Frances Morris Foreword 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 and The 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 Tad and slender stroctres of Manhattan it ighsse ngs archos and clear safle none of Boars! eps vractoresae artery ober ty remain as enigmatic and unyielding the es these. Thee nee 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 ‘Sheer as he utp filtered daring period anita (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,

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