louise-bourgeois

In the dark and intimate spaces of ACCA's reconfigured galleries, artists in this exhibition contemplated passion, love and longing, as well as feelings of disquiet, loss and loneliness. Exhibiting Artists: Louise Bourgeois, Nan Goldin, Steve McQueen, Sophie Calle, Mariele Neudecker, Jesper Just...

“From the Other Side” challenges horror genre tropes, centering on the monstrous-feminine, consumption, and temptress/castrator roles. The exhibition destabilizes institutions and boundaries of the body, gender, and self. Curated by Elyse Goldfinch and Jessica Clark.

...and Jessica Clark Artists: Naomi Blacklock, Mia Boe, Louise Bourgeois, Cybele Cox, Theron Debris, Karla Dickens, Lonnie Hutchinson, Naomi Kantjuriny, Minyoung Kim, Maria Kozic, Jemima Lucas, Clare Milledge, Tracey Moffatt, Julia Robinson, Marianna Simnett, Heather B Swann, Suzan Pitt, Kellie Wells, and Zamara Zamara Video produced by Gatherer Media...

Milledge, Cybele Cox, Heather B. Swann, Jemima Lucas, Julia Robinson, Karla Dickens, Kellie Wells, Lonnie Hutchinson, Louise Bourgeois, Maria Kozic, Marianna Simnett, Mia Boe, Minyoung Kim, Naomi Blacklock, Naomi Kantjuriny, Theron Debris, Suzan Pitt, Tracey Moffatt and Zamara Zamara...

...challenges the traditional narratives and assumed boundaries of the body, gender, the self and the ‘other’.  Naomi Blacklock, Mia Boe, Louise Bourgeois, Cybele Cox, Theron Debris, Karla Dickens, Lonnie Hutchinson, Naomi Kantjuriny, Minyoung...

Artists: Naomi Blacklock, Mia Boe, Louise Bourgeois, Cybele Cox, Theron Debris, Karla Dickens, Lonnie Hutchinson, Naomi Kantjuriny, Minyoung Kim, Maria Kozic, Jemima Lucas, Clare Milledge, Tracey Moffatt, Julia Robinson, Marianna Simnett, Heather B. Swann, Suzan Pitt, Kellie...

...and that I needed the money. Between shifts, I stared at Louise Bourgeois’ marble arm sculpture, its Escher-like confusion, even stroked its cool, sensuous heft once, when no one was looking. I swooned (as only the closeted can do) over Catherine...

...also have a long-standing connotation with feminist consciousness-raising, with the community sewing bee cited as a precursor of the talking circle. As such loaded signifiers, hand-made textiles were taken up by second-wave feminist artists such as Judy Chicago, Rosemarie Trockel, Louise Bourgeois...