In this episode, we focus on the work of one French-American sculptor Louise Bourgeois. Her eighty year career explored lifelong themes of childhood, motherhood, and family identity.

Louise Bourgeois’s Spider sculptures are an ode to her mother — the spider series became the centerpiece of the last chapter of her life.

Louise Bourgeois returned again and again to the image and symbol of the spider in her work. Her spider sculptures can be seen in museums and public spaces around the world.

Spiders features Liz Lidgett Gallery artist Betsy Enzensberger. Ten Minute Masterpieces is hosted by art advisor Liz Lidgett and produced by Maribeth Romslo.

CREDITS

• Credits:
  • Premium Beat: Creative Morning
  • Epidemic Music: Until the End, Frontiers are Where You Find Them, Finnish Friendship, Alone in Paris
  • The Spider, The Mistress, and the Tangerine Documentary

RESEARCH AND LINKS OF INTEREST

• Art News "Louise Bourgeois Spider Sculptures History"
• Bourgeois' Spiders at Tate Modern
• CNN "Why Louise Bourgeois made her iconic spider sculptures"
• The Collector "Why Did Louise Bourgeois Make Spider Sculptures?"
• Spiderwoman Documentary
• TateShots // Louise Bourgeois – 'I Transform Hate Into Love'
• ArtSpace: ""I Don’t Need an Interview to Clarify My Thoughts": An Interview with Louise Bourgeois"
• Issue Magazine: Interview with Louise Bourgeois
• The Easton Foundation Biography of Louise Bourgois
• Spider at the National Gallery of Art