Louise Bourgeois Impact On Society

Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris on December 25, 1911 and was the second of three children. Her mother restored tapestries, brought back by her father during trips which unfortunately kept him away from his family. Louise had a painful youth. As a young child Bourgeois, claimed that her father would criticize the sexuality of children in a cruel manner. She was angry with her father because he would tease and make fun of her often, and who at one point called her a mistake. The treatment received by her father had unexplainable consequences according to Louise.
Furthermore, Louise believed that there was a virus at the heart of the family, which had a traumatic effect on her and her siblings. She claimed that they suffered from a fissure
However, Louise went off to receive and education. Upon departing from school later in life, Louise studied mathematics at Sorbonne, while attending the Rancon Julian and Chaumiere studios. In 1949, at the age of 38, Bourgeois held her first solo exhibition in which she displayed her sculptures. Furthermore, in the 1960’s, Louise became known for her experiments with various materials, which she would use to create her works of art. For instance the materials included: latex, marble, cement, and wood. As an artist, Louise served as a reference to generations of young aspiring artist.
As an artist, Louise Bourgeois, is sick of history and tradition. She believes that the history of the past has been guillotined and destroyed by the present. Louise refers to the guillotine as a persuasive instrument that indicates the disappearances of the past. Bourgeois claims that her works such the Cellule “Choisy,” 1993, are created as exorcisms in a way of forgetting not to forget. And that the past is an immense difficult for an artist to recreate in a work of
I chose and was attracted to the model of the house because, it is a well sculpted creation by Bourgeois and it shows that as an artist, she is one who puts time and effort into her works of art. Furthermore, the house was an example of the past and the time that was disappearing, while the theater represents the future and the guillotine that is destroying the past. Nevertheless, today people have a saying, “nothing good lasts forever.” The meaning of this statement, is that all objects or places that one person or group of people value and enjoy, is eventually replaced and the past will only exist in the memories of those who valued the materialistic possessions or valued places. Louise was an artist and woman who instilled that the past needs to be recreated in an objective aim in order to rid yourself of it, or you will