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| Louise is one of the most talented and intriguing artist and sculpturist of the last century. |
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| This is the first time I could touch her work. |
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| "Eyes" |
The rebellious spirit of my artistic heroes, Louise Bourgeois (France 1911-New York 2010) has come to Oslo in the form of her sculptures. A pair of "Eyes" se decided. The sculpture has now been acquiered for a sculpture park outside Oslo's newest and most exciting modern art museum. I will write a separate entry.
The eye is a recurring motif in Surrealism. It was used with a dual purpose: as a symbol for the
act of perception and as an allusion to female sexual anatomy.
Her art and her life fascinate me. She was almost 99 years old when she died.
For decades the world ignored her. But she kept working. Then one day someone discovered her. She was nearly in her seventies. And have kept working! She continued being an artist until her nineties. The videos I have seen about her are not only exciting from an artistic standpoint (she did what?! and she said what?!) but also inspiring and appealing in terms of truth and self-belief. She never stopped believing in her work. Others would have given up.
But in the end she prevailed.
And this new artistic venture in Oslo is the latest example: her sculpture was one of the first ones to be placed in the garden outside the magnificent Astrup Fearnley Museum that will open up on September 29th.
I winkled to Louise.
