Louise Bourgeois, Freud's Daughter

Louise Bourgeois, known for her extensive Freudian analysis, explored her family history, marriage, motherhood, and artistic ambition in her work. This volume examines the impact of psychoanalysis on her artistic practice, with an essay by Juliet Mitchell offering a feminist psychoanalyst's viewpoint. It features excerpts from Bourgeois's diaries, notebooks, and archival family photographs, providing new insights into an innovative and influential artist.

Format: Hardback
Length: 156 pages
Publication date: 16 April 2021
Publisher: Yale University Press

From 1952 to 1985, Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) underwent an extensive Freudian analysis that delved into her family history, marriage, motherhood, and artistic ambitions, ultimately inspiring her artwork. This volume explores the influence of psychoanalysis on Bourgeois's work, shedding light on her creative process. Philip Larratt-Smith, Bourgeois's literary archivist, provides an overview of the artist's life and work, highlighting how the psychoanalytic process informed her artistic practice. Juliet Mitchell, a renowned feminist psychoanalyst, offers a fresh perspective on Bourgeois's long and complex relationship with therapy in an essay. Additionally, a short text written by Bourgeois herself, originally published in 1991, addresses Freud's own relationship to art and artists. Louise Bourgeois, Freud's Daughter, features excerpts from Bourgeois's extensive diaries, rare notebook pages, and archival family photographs, offering a captivating insight into the life and work of this innovative, influential, and groundbreaking artist. Published in association with the Jewish Museum, New York, the exhibition schedule for this captivating exhibition is as follows: Jewish Museum, New York (May 21–September 26, 2021)

Weight: 1080g
Dimension: 233 x 292 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780300247244