{"product_id":"louise-bourgeois-the-woven-child","title":"Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child","description":"\u003cp\u003eLate textile works by the artist who helped pioneer the sculptural use of fabric in art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the fabric works from the last two decades in the career of legendary artist Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010). “I’ve always had a fascination with the needle,” she once said, “the magic power of the needle. The needle is used to repair damage. It’s a claim to forgiveness.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis body of work began when the artist started incorporating clothes from all stages of her life into her art, and later expanded to include a range of other textiles such as bed linen, handkerchiefs, tapestry, and needlepoint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fabric works mine the themes of identity and sexuality, trauma and memory, guilt and reparation, and serve as metaphors for emotional and psychological states.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe catalog—which accompanies the exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, and the Gropius Bau, Berlin—features works from numerous series, including the monumental \u003cem\u003eCell\u003c\/em\u003e installations, figurative sculptures and abstract drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Idea House 3","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154806391079,"sku":"","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/0189\/1367\/files\/9783775751490-us.jpg?v=1700329895","url":"https:\/\/shop.walkerart.org\/products\/louise-bourgeois-the-woven-child","provider":"Walker Art Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}