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Institute of Contemporary Art Miami

Louise Bourgeois

This course on artist Louise Bourgeois focuses on personification in art. Recommended for either art classes or creative writing/language arts.

About Louise Bourgeois

One of the most important female artists of the twentieth century, Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911, Paris; d. 2010, New York) critically engaged with the topics of gender, sexuality, and domesticity across mediums and tirelessly challenged social power and hierarchies.

Resources

Louise Bourgeois at ICA Miami

Image of artist Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois in front of STE SÉBASTIENNE in her Brooklyn studio, 1993. Photo by Vera Isler. Artwork © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY.
Installation view: Louise Bourgeois at Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Jul 13, 2018 – Jan 6, 2019. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen Studio. © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Installation view: Louise Bourgeois at Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Jul 13, 2018 – Jan 6, 2019. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen Studio. © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Installation view: Louise Bourgeois at Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Jul 13, 2018 – Jan 6, 2019. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen Studio. © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Installation view: Louise Bourgeois at Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Jul 13, 2018 – Jan 6, 2019. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen Studio. Collection Louise Bourgeois Trust. © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Installation view: Louise Bourgeois at Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Jul 13, 2018 – Jan 6, 2019. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen Studio. © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.
Installation view: Louise Bourgeois at Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami. Jul 13, 2018 – Jan 6, 2019. Photo: Fredrik Nilsen Studio. © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.