Louise made many variants of Spider, but there is only one unique_ Spider/Cell,_ and it's the first time where the web of the spider is represented as an enclosure. Of course we can't now, but …

Oct 19, 2017 · Bourgeois’s earliest displayed prints and rubbings, at the brink of her motherhood, are passionately emblazoned with a frantic Louise and sometimes just a B, as if an initial, the …

Spider is a sculpture by Louise Bourgeois. [1] It was executed in 1996 as an edition of a series entitled Cells [2] and cast in 1997; bronze with a silver nitrate patina, with the first of the edition …

Like the monumental spider Maman, this spider is a homage to Bourgeois’s beloved mother Joséphine. The creature, with its powerful legs, is a sheltering structure in its own right. It …

Apr 1, 2016 · For Louise Bourgeois, the cell encapsulates much of what is at the core of life and of art-making. 28 of Bourgeois’ sculptural series titled ‘Cells’, approximately half of those made …

Louise Bourgeois. Spider (Cell) 1997. Publications Vital Signs: Artists and the Body Edited by Lanka Tattersall, 2024 Exhibition catalogue, Hardcover, 148 pages MoMA Highlights: 375 …

The Cell series is a large body of work, regarded as some of Bourgeois’ most sophisticated and innovative. The Cell series emphasise architectural space through their scale and viewer …

Feb 25, 2015 · Among the most innovative and sophisticated sculptural works in her extensive oeuvre are the Cells, a series of architectural spaces that deal with a range of emotions. …

The iconic spider that Louise is most famous for is a symbol for so much – the mother, the spy, the weaver. Perhaps most apparent – the spider is a protector. Louise valued protection. And …

Oct 1, 2015 · "Structures of Existence: The Cells" focuses on an extraordinary series of small sculptural environments that Bourgeois created in the last two decades of her life, starting at …