Artist Entry #13/sculptor #7 Louise Bourgeois
I picked Louise because her work is very interesting, she seems like the sweet old lady you'd help with her groceries; she'd be the last person you'd expect to create sexually fueled art. She creates art that takes on the sensitive issue of sex and also creates objects found in nature as well, like her famous "Maman" piece, which is of a gigantic 30' bronze cast spider(not pictured, because I F'ing hate spiders). She is a french born artist that has worked with a variety of mediums like wood, bronze, stone and rubber.
She says she drew her inspiration for sexually motivated images from her childhood; kind of a weird place to get inspired from. From what I read her father had fidelity issues and that is where all this sexual inspiration came from. I like that she creates art work that is sexually driven just because sex is such a taboo topic and she is the last person you would think that would create this type of work.
I really like her piece the "Arch of Hysteria"(top image) it is very original, it looks like a human body being contorted into a ring and it makes you wonder why the subject is headless. The natural flowing curve detail on the body and the muscle reaction to the position of the body is done real well. This piece was inspired by Neurologist Jean Martin Charcot wanted to show hysteria by documenting his female patients. The hysterical arch is an intense muscular tension and leaves the person immobile and their limbs paralyzed. It is definitely a very different approach to creating art and I like that.
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