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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Innocence and experience: the art of Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois, undated
Louise Bourgeois, undated photograph
Photograph: Christopher Felver
Eye to Eye, 1970
Bourgeois pictured with her sculpture Eye to Eye (1970)
Photograph: Guggenheim Museum
Arch of Hysteria, 1993
Arch of Hysteria (1993), one of Bourgeois's many bronze sculptures
Photograph: Horacio Villalobos
Fragile Goddess (foreground), 1970
Fragile Goddess (foreground), 1970
Photograph: Chris Gardner
Bourgeois: A closeup view of Sublimation (2004) by Louise Bourgeois
A closeup view of Sublimation (2004) Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian
Bourgeois: Another view of Sublimation (2002) by Louise Bourgeois
Another view of Sublimation (2002) Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian
St. Sebastienne, 1992
St Sebastienne (1992), one of Bourgeois's doll-like, dangerously vulnerable fabric works
Photograph: Chris Gardner
Three Horizontals, 1998
Three Horizontals (1998)
Photograph: Horacio Villalobos
Insomnia drawings, 1994-1995
Alongside sculpture and installation, Bourgeois contined drawing throughout her career. These are her Insomnia drawings (1994–95)
Photograph: Frank Baron
Bourgeois: Be Calme, part of Sublimation (2002) by Louise Bourgeois
Be Calme, part of Sublimation (2002) Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian
Sculptures at the Tate Modern art gallery in London
Bourgeois was the first artist to fill Tate Modern's cavernous Turbine Hall in 2000. The work – entitled I Do, I Undo and I Redo – was composed of three towers, each some 9 metres high
Photograph: Sean Smith
People walk beneath Maman outside the Tate Modern
The artist's fascination with the figure of the spider – endlessly fertile mother and sinister predator – made itself felt in numerous works. This is Maman (1999), an enormous sculpture that took up residence on the banks of the Thames in 2007
Photograph: Linda Nylind
A man walks under Maman at the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain
Maman also crawled her way to a spot outside the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain
Photograph: Alfredo Alday
Bourgeois: Je T'Aime (detail), 2005 Louise Bourgeois
Je T'Aime (detail), 2005 Photograph: Christopher Burke Christopher Burke Christopher Burke Christopher Burke
Bourgeois: Louise Bourgeois with her sculpture Baroque (1970)
Bourgeois with her sculpture Baroque (1970) Photograph: Ted Thai/Getty Images
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