Image: Louise Bourgeois, SPIDER I, 1995, Collection The Easton Foundation, Bronze, dark and polished patina, wall piece, 50 x 46 x 12 1/4?; 127 x 116.8 x 31.1 cm

Conversation: Louise Bourgeois’ Art and Life

Wed 13 March 2019

Kettle's Yard House and Gallery

Find out more about artist Louise Bourgeois in our panel discussion, with Alice Blackhurst (Centre for Film and Screen), Alyce Mahon (History of Art) and Juliet Mitchell (Psychoanalysis and Gender Studies). The conversation will be followed by a glass of wine.

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) was born in Paris and lived and worked in New York from 1938. She is widely recognised as one of the most important figures of modern and contemporary art. Often biographical, Bourgeois’ work explores themes including childhood, family, motherhood and gender identity.

She engaged with existentialism and surrealism as a young artist in Paris – where she was also mentored by Joan Miró – and moved to New York in 1938. The importance of her work was not fully recognised until the 1970s, when her career was reinvigorated by a new generation of women artists.

Her wide-ranging art, encompassed painting, sculpture, installation and printmaking, exploring themes including childhood, family, motherhood and gender identity.

Tickets are £12 (£10 Friends of Kettle’s Yard / £5 full time students), booking recommended

Cost: £12 (£10 Friends of Kettle's Yard/£5 full time students)