Louise Bourgeois: One of the very best
was a good artist, one of the very best. She overcame many difficulties to establish herself among the 20th-Century greats - not least being a woman in a man's world.
The last decade of her life saw her find a new audience with a series of international shows and the installation of .
I wrote about encountering her work for the first time in .
Her strength of character was legendary, leading to a refusal to follow the avant garde of any given time; instead she pursued her own ideas and demons. The result is a body of work that is just as significant and important as that of any of her contemporaries - a discovery that future generations will delight in making.
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At 1st Jun 2010, Banafan aka hon wrote:ave seen the ones outside the Guggenheim in Bilbao, they are rather pleasant in a rather bizarre way!
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At 1st Jun 2010, chris wrote:This is pretty neat. there has been one at the Art Museum of Ottawa Canada for a few years.
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At 1st Jun 2010, tzuyen wrote:I remember seeing these in Tokyo and Bilbao as well. I really like large sculptures in the cityscape, especially when it's not just a bit pole or people.
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At 1st Jun 2010, TROJANHATTER wrote:What a waste of time!
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At 1st Jun 2010, joan wrote:I remember discovering her work at the MOMA in New York. It was a revelation to me. She followed her own vision, which ought to inspire all of us. Don't hide who you are simply because there are people who won't understand. There are always people who WILL understand.
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At 1st Jun 2010, Douglass wrote:The passage of Time cures all.
Trashy art will end in the trash,
Good will survive.
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At 1st Jun 2010, Aaron Robson wrote:It is the REGIS mark 5 from M.E.G.A.S.
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At 3rd Oct 2010, Gaz wrote:All this user's posts have been removed.Why?
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At 1st Jun 2011, weaver682 wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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