Lelong Editions | Louise Bourgeois: I do, I undo, I redo | Paris | March 14 – April 30, 2024
March 14 – April 30, 2024
Louise Bourgeois: I do, I undo, I redo
Lelong Editions
In Person Viewing:
13 rue de Téhéran, Paris
Online Viewing:
https://www.galerie-lelong.com/en/exposition/261/louise-bourgeoisi-do-i-undo-i-redo
Thursday, March 14, 6pm
Woven together with numerous autobiographical elements, Louise Bourgeois’ work bears witness to a close relationship between memory and recollection that wavers, fades and stretches thin. The sculptor, who used to say, “painting doesn’t exist for me”, has nevertheless always been strongly attached to the engraved or drawn image.
Like her sculptures, with their shapeless, organic materials, her engraved work explores the ambiguity of the forms issuing from her fantasy-laced memories. She collects, skins, deconstructs, models and assembles. This interplay of back and forth, conducive to the engraver’s art, is particularly evident in her “Sainte Sébastienne”, a feminine reinterpretation of the figure of the famous martyr pierced by arrows.
