The itsy-bitsy spider
Climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain
And the itsy-bitsy spider
Climbed up the spout again
Louise Joséphine Bourgeois was born in 1911 and passed away in 2010. She is widely considered to have been one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. In a career spanning seventy years, she produced an intensely personal body of work that is as complex as it is diverse .A French-American artist and sculptor, among her many works were large spider structures which resulted in her being nicknamed the Spiderwoman. Louise’s gorgeous sculptures can be found at http://www.xavierhufkens.com/artists/louise-bourgeois, or search in Yahoo under Louis Bourgeois.
I have never seen a Bourgeois in person — even though the subject gives the chills to many, I think how fantastic it is that someone created a piece of artwork like this, honoring what you fear most. Hmmmm…psychic thoughts on an early Monday morning…ha!
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Thank you! It is not something I think I’d think of — but again, you read the life story of artists and you can almost get where they’re coming from.
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Louise Bourgeois is one of my fav artists, I love her assemblage works…. spiders….ummm…. However I have seen one is real life at a gallery i visited in South Korea… it was pretty impressive!
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beatiful art !
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I would love to know how she does it, period!
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I especially love her spider at DIA: Beacon. I still wonder how they got it in that room.
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Me too! I wrote a blog last April called Art Thy Curious, and I used Louise’s spider at the Guggenheim Art Museum in Bilbao, neither of which I’d heard of before. Her spider sculpture blew me away, and I knew I’d have to come back one day and highlight all her spidery creations. I’m happy to have made you happy!
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I was so excited to see your post; I love her work!
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