The exhibition

In the last four years of her life, Louise Bourgeois made a series of gouaches featuring a distinctly personal iconography of the couple referencing conception, pregnancy, birth, breast-feeding, the family, and flowers.

Curated by the renowned writer and curator Philip Larratt-Smith and organised in collaboration with The Easton Foundation, this exhibition will present a representative survey of this singular body of work, complemented by sculptures from throughout Bourgeois’ career which address the same formal and thematic concerns.

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) is widely regarded as one of the most important artists of the past century.

Her work with sculpture, installation, painting, drawing, printmaking, and fabric moved fluidly between the abstract, the ambiguous, and the concrete. Much of her work is deeply personal, rooted in her own experiences and memories, exploring powerful themes such as childhood, femininity, sexuality, and the body.

The exhibition is the first solo presentation of the artist in Mid-Norway. An in-depth publication including new scholarship by the curator and other scholars will accompany the show.