"i want therefore i can.
i can but i am afraid.
i am afraid therefore i live."
louise bourgeois
DEFINITELY a must go: louise bourgeois at instituto tomie ohtake (for those of you in são paulo).
i had never seen so many of her works together and after going to the exhibition, i cannot explain how evidently important and universal her artwork is. (understatement of the year) bourgeois seems to effortlessly translate universal feelings into any sort of art form, be it a drawing, painting, sculpture, installation... i am not usually emotionally touched just by looking at something but as i was progressing into the show and immediately after running into the sculpture pictured here on the post, my eyes starting welling up. the cloth looks so humanlike and somehow, it's more poignant than anything i've ever seen, despite, of course, seeing various points of view on the same subject matter. hitting the nail on the head does not begin to describe the accuracy of louise bourgeois' work. the most intimate and natural expressions exposed, yet done so completely harmlessly. it seems somehow more natural for her to be human than for any other person. an extremely gratifying exhibition to see, a naked truth that is somehow comfortable. i apologize for the overuse of the word "somehow" but there is a certain way she does that is different than everyone else's and that is what's right about her work. she has a "somehow" that no one else does.
completely in awe. definitely will go again and sit, stare, contemplate, look, draw, ... i feel like there's a chance that time actually stops when we're looking at louise bourgeois.
