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LOUISE BOURGEOIS INAUGURATES , IN SPIRIT , THE NEW HAUSER & WIRTH SPACE IN MONACO Until September 25
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visual artist ( 1911 – 2010 ) who has marked the modern sculpture universe , Louise Bourgeois ’ Spider is a new famous resident this year in the Monte-Carlo Casino gardens . A version of this monumental sculpture called ‘ Maman ’ is already part of the legendary Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and several great museums . This Franco-American artist and activist , who was still working in her nineties , has been chosen by Hauser & Wirth to adorn their new exhibition space in Monaco . This is a spacious , sun-lit gallery in the iconic Hôtel de Paris neighbourhood .
According to its president Iwan Wirth : ‘ When we were invited to contribute to the art scene renewal in Monaco , we took it as an exceptional opportunity ... Monaco has historically been a destination favoured by artists , writers and film directors alike . They were just as fascinated by the French Riviera as we are today ’. Louise Bourgeois is introducing us to a series of sculptures , installations and paper objects evoking the ‘ Maladie de l ’ Amour ’ ( Lovesickness ). The artist is questioning the couple ’ s relationship , desire , feeling of abandonment , loneliness …
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Visualisation Louise Bourgeois , ‘ Untitled ’, 2004 , Aluminium , 160 × 116 × 70 cm / 63 × 45 5 / 8 × 27 1 / 2 inches and ‘ Untitled ’, 2004 , Aluminium , 171 × 108 × 92 cm / 67 3 / 8 × 42 1 / 2 × 36 1 / 4 inches Photo : François Fernandez / Christopher Burke
unique dancing abstract work is surely evoking the unforeseeable paths and disappointments of love .
Its centrepiece , a slightly rotating aluminium sculpture created in 2004 , is suspended right in the middle of the gallery . This
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Hauser & Wirth Monaco One Monte-Carlo
1 , Place du Casino , Monaco
Visualisation Louise Bourgeois ‘ Spider ’ 1996 Bronze , dark patina 326.4 × 756.9 × 706.1 cm / 128 1 / 2 × 298 × 278 in Photo : François Fernandez / Christopher Burke
Louise Bourgeois ‘ The Family ’ 2008 Gouache on paper ; suite of 16 59.4 × 45.7 cm / 23 3 / 8 × 18 inches 67.3 × 53.7 × 4.4 cm / 26 1 / 2 × 21 1 / 8 × 1 3 / 4 inches ( framed ) each Photo : Cristopher Burke
Louise Bourgeois ‘ Couple ’ 2002 Fabric , steel , glass and wood 40.6 × 73.7 × 58.4 cm / 16 × 29 × 23 in Photo : Christopher Burke
© The Easton Foundation / ADAGP Courtesy the Foundation and Hauser & Wirth
© The Easton Foundation / ADAGP Courtesy the Foundation and Hauser & Wirth
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