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67:, Bourgeois shows the home as an essentially female place, in which she can explore ideas about female identity. These paintings are frequently read by feminists as a representation of the abolition of identify for women in home and family, alluding to the "problem with no name" that 80:
Another interpretation notes that for Bourgeois, architecture symbolizes the social world that attempts to define the individual, in contrast to the inner world of emotion. The tension between figure and architecture mirrors the dichotomy between mind and body.
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Bourgeois said the Femme Maison "does not know that she is half naked, and she does not know that she is trying to hide. That is to say, she is totally self-defeating because she shows herself at the very moment that she thinks she is hiding."
126:(2001) is encased in a metal framed glass box called a "cell." In one sense, the cell encases and protects the artwork; however, Louise Bourgeois’ intention was to use the cell also as a way of containing the memory held within the work. 22: 110:, who develops a relationship between the main character, Vera, and the works of Louise Bourgeois. Vera paints, amongst various images inspired by Bourgeois, this figure on the wall of her room where she lives in captivity. 420: 43:
address the question of female identity. In these paintings, the heads and bodies of nude female figures have been replaced by architectural forms such as buildings and houses.
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paintings were also translated into sculptural forms, in a range of abstraction and figuration using steel and fabric as well as marble, up through 2001. The sculpture titled
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It is also important to note that Bourgeois uses her own personal history along with the issues in femininity, psychoanalysis and communication to create
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identified in the 60s as the dissatisfaction and the lack of fulfilment of women who embarked on careers as housewives and mothers in suburban America.
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translates from the French as ‘housewife’: literally, ‘woman house’. In 1984 Bourgeois produced a small series of
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The image of the female nude with the head of a home is also present in the film
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Nicoletta, Julie. "Louise Bourgeois's Femmes-Maisons: Confronting Lacan".
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The most familiar work from this series was used for the cover of critic
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Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress, and the Tangerine
93:'s influential 1976 collection of feminist essays on art, 39:(1946–47) series of paintings by French American artist 400: 381: 333: 302: 8: 309: 295: 287: 135: 16:Series of paintings by Louise Bourgeois 165: 163: 141: 139: 7: 51:prints based on the works of 1947. 14: 237:. arttattler.com. Archived from 265:. heide.com.au. Archived from 1: 191:Katy Deepwell (23 May 2011). 260:"Louise Bourgeois at Heide" 475: 171:"Louise Bourgeois: Room 1" 118:The ideas involved in the 459:Works by Louise Bourgeois 350:Eye Benches I, II and III 324: 25:Three examples from the 30: 24: 414:Jean-Louis Bourgeois 373:Steilneset Memorial 217:Woman's Art Journal 424:(2008 documentary) 103:The Skin I Live In 31: 431: 430: 466: 408:Robert Goldwater 327:List of artworks 318:Louise Bourgeois 311: 304: 297: 288: 281: 280: 278: 277: 271: 264: 256: 250: 249: 247: 246: 231: 225: 224: 212: 206: 205: 203: 202: 197: 188: 182: 181: 179: 178: 167: 158: 157: 155: 154: 143: 41:Louise Bourgeois 474: 473: 469: 468: 467: 465: 464: 463: 454:Painting series 434: 433: 432: 427: 396: 377: 329: 320: 315: 285: 284: 275: 273: 269: 262: 258: 257: 253: 244: 242: 233: 232: 228: 214: 213: 209: 200: 198: 195: 190: 189: 185: 176: 174: 169: 168: 161: 152: 150: 145: 144: 137: 132: 116: 108:Pedro Almodóvar 95:From The Center 87: 57: 55:Interpretations 17: 12: 11: 5: 472: 470: 462: 461: 456: 451: 449:1947 paintings 446: 444:1946 paintings 436: 435: 429: 428: 426: 425: 417: 411: 404: 402: 398: 397: 395: 394: 385: 383: 379: 378: 376: 375: 370: 366:Father and Son 362: 354: 346: 337: 335: 331: 330: 325: 322: 321: 316: 314: 313: 306: 299: 291: 283: 282: 251: 226: 207: 183: 159: 134: 133: 131: 128: 115: 112: 86: 83: 56: 53: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 471: 460: 457: 455: 452: 450: 447: 445: 442: 441: 439: 423: 422: 418: 415: 412: 409: 406: 405: 403: 399: 392: 391: 387: 386: 384: 380: 374: 371: 368: 367: 363: 360: 359: 355: 352: 351: 347: 344: 343: 339: 338: 336: 332: 328: 323: 319: 312: 307: 305: 300: 298: 293: 292: 289: 272:on 2015-03-19 268: 261: 255: 252: 241:on 2015-03-14 240: 236: 230: 227: 222: 218: 211: 208: 194: 187: 184: 173:. tate.org.uk 172: 166: 164: 160: 148: 142: 140: 136: 129: 127: 125: 121: 113: 111: 109: 105: 104: 98: 96: 92: 84: 82: 78: 77: 76:Femme Maison. 72: 70: 69:Betty Friedan 66: 61: 54: 52: 50: 46: 42: 38: 37: 28: 23: 19: 419: 390:Femme Maison 389: 388: 364: 356: 348: 340: 274:. Retrieved 267:the original 254: 243:. Retrieved 239:the original 229: 220: 216: 210: 199:. Retrieved 186: 175:. Retrieved 151:. Retrieved 124:Femme Maison 123: 120:Femme Maison 119: 117: 106:by director 101: 99: 94: 91:Lucy Lippard 88: 85:Use in media 79: 75: 73: 65:Femme Maison 64: 62: 58: 49:Femme Maison 48: 45:Femme Maison 44: 36:Femme Maison 35: 34: 32: 27:Femme Maison 26: 18: 63:Throughout 438:Categories 334:Sculptures 276:2015-03-07 245:2015-03-07 201:2015-03-07 177:2015-03-07 153:2017-11-08 149:. moma.org 130:References 114:Sculptures 410:(husband) 393:(1946-47) 382:Paintings 353:(1996-97) 401:Related 369:(2005) 361:(1999) 345:(1996) 342:Spider 29:series 416:(son) 358:Maman 270:(PDF) 263:(PDF) 196:(PDF) 33:The 440:: 221:13 219:. 162:^ 138:^ 97:. 310:e 303:t 296:v 279:. 248:. 223:. 204:. 180:. 156:.

Index


Louise Bourgeois
Betty Friedan
Lucy Lippard
The Skin I Live In
Pedro Almodóvar


"MoMA | Louise Bourgeois: The Complete Prints & Books | Chronology at MoMA"


"Louise Bourgeois: Room 1"
"Feminist Readings of Louise Bourgeois or Why Louise Bourgeois is a Feminist Icon"
"Louise Bourgeois, the Theory, and Practice of Psychoanalysis"
the original
"Louise Bourgeois at Heide"
the original
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Louise Bourgeois
List of artworks
Spider
Eye Benches I, II and III
Maman
Father and Son
Steilneset Memorial
Femme Maison
Robert Goldwater
Jean-Louis Bourgeois

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