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Louise Bourgeois : the spider, the mistress and the tangerine /

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As an artist, Louise Bourgeois has been at work for six decades, but always on her own inventive and disquieting terms. In 1982, at the age of 71, she became the first woman honored with a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. In her 80s and 90s she created her most powerful and persuasiv...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Art Kaleidoscope Foundation, Zeitgeist Films
Other Authors: Bourgeois, Louise, 1911-2010, Cajori, Marion (Producer, Director), Wallach, Amei (Producer, Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: New York, NY : Zeitgeist, 2009.
Subjects:
Bourgeois, Louise, > 1911-2010.
Bourgeois, Louise, > 1911-2010. > Spider.
Art, Modern.
Sculpture > Exhibitions.
Women artists > Biography.
Internet videos.
Documentary films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:As an artist, Louise Bourgeois has been at work for six decades, but always on her own inventive and disquieting terms. In 1982, at the age of 71, she became the first woman honored with a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. In her 80s and 90s she created her most powerful and persuasive work - massive spider sculptures that have appeared all over the world. Filmed between 1993 and 2007, Louise Bourgeois shows her artistic methods and describes how her chilhood traumas and memories become embodied in objects and installations.
Item Description:Documentary.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Special features: 45 minutes of deleted sequences, including additional rare footage of Bourgeois at work; video interviews with co-director Amei Wallach and cinematographer/editor Ken Kobland; U.S. theatrical trailer.
Slide.
Physical Description:1 online resource (99 min.)
Previously published as DVD.
Audience:Not rated.