Louise Bourgeois: What is the Shape of This Problem?

Fri Oct 21 2022 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

USC Fisher Museum of Art | Los Angeles

USC Visions and Voices
Publisher/HostUSC Visions and Voices
Louise Bourgeois: What is the Shape of This Problem?
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An intimate exhibition walkthrough and in-depth conversation on the pieces of prolific French-American artist, Louise Bourgeois.
About this Event

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) was a key figure of modern and contemporary art who is best known for large-scale sculptures and installations, including steel spiders that are over 30 feet tall. During her eight-decade career, from the 1930s until 2010, she exhibited with Abstract Expressionists, had much in common with surrealists and feminist artists, and held influence that is being measured to this day.

This fall, the USC Fisher Museum of Art hosts Louise Bourgeois: What is the Shape of This Problem?, collecting 119 pieces by the prolific French-American artist and providing a rare opportunity to see her often-overlooked prints in person. The exhibition will feature prints, textiles, and a series of eight holograms; explore how Bourgeois’s work was fueled by childhood trauma and memories; and celebrate the healing power that she found through artistic expression.

Join Elissa Watters, curator and Ph.D. candidate at USC’s Department of Art History, for an intimate walkthrough and in-depth look at the exhibit. Watters will field questions throughout the tour and encourage visitors to find their own meanings in the experience.

Reception to follow.

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Exploring the Prints of Louise Bourgeois

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USC Fisher Museum of Art


Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by the USC Fisher Museum of Art in partnership with the Department of Art History; USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences; and USC Roski School of Fine Arts.



Image: Louise Bourgeois with her Personages from 1949, Quarantania III and Brother & Sister, in NYC in 1979. Photo: Eeva Inkeri © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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USC Fisher Museum of Art, 823 West Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States

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