Edited by Frances Morris. Louise Bourgeois, London: Tate Publishing, 2007
This book titles Louise Bourgeois is a edited by Frances Morris and published in 2007 by Tate Publishing. It mainly consists of a glossary of writings, some produced by Bourgeois, and her art and a short explanation or analysis of each piece of work. It also contains many short essays written by critics interested in her works, such as “Feminism: Is she or isn't she.” It is easy to read through and contains many high quality images of her artwork. It is well referenced and would recommend this book for people interested in her work.
Heartney, Eleanor. Art And Today, London: Phaidon, 2008
This book would be considered scholarly because the author Eleanor Heartney is a respected cultural critic, an Art in American editor and also a lecturer. The text begins by discussing how our ways of thinking have changed, in terms of deformation and the idealized body like Michelangelo's David. It also outlines the possible causes of this change and the political influence on this theme. It descibes terms often used when talking about deformation in contemporary art such as grotesque and carnivalesque and then lists many artists associated with deformation, giving a little description of each artist. I found this article to be very easy to read and helpful because it gives a good overview for this topic. I would recommend this text as a starting point for anyone interested in deformation. It is well referenced and includes high quality images.
Kay Larson. Women by a Woman http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0ucCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74&dq=Louise+Bourgeois&as_brr=1&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Louise%20Bourgeois&f=false Retrieved 30 June, 2010
This is a magazine article from New York magazine and talkes specifically about her as a feminist artist, and her Quarantrania work. It also gives a biography on her life and how the effects of her childhood has influenced her works. It is quite easy to understand and would recommend this to people interested in feminism and how she relates to it.
I did my THAP 1202 assignment on her last semester. She was still practising art, and died at the age of 98, on 31st of May this year, during the time I was researching on her. She is bold, open and honest in her works. One could read her life through her works, hence her work is known to be her biography. I am not into feminism, but I liked some of her works when I went to MCA. Co-incidently my tutor suggested to do my assignment on her when I had told him about the other artists I was going to compare and contrast. I struggled.
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