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Louise Bourgeois: The Return of the Repressed: Psychoanalytic Writings

Edited by Philip Larratt-Smith

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Approximately 80 previously unpublished writings by Louise Bourgeois appear here in print for the first time, which, combined with eight extensive scholarly essays turns our critical understanding of Bourgeoisâ€™ work on its head, offering a new and unprecedented insight into the work of one of the 20th centuryâ€™s greatest artists. Famed for such works as The Destruction of the Father (1974), Arch of Hysteria (1993) and her huge and emblematic piece Maman (1999) â€“ an enormous spider as an icon of maternal protection and withdrawal â€“ Bourgeois investigated the realm of psychoanalytical territory through her sculptures, paintings and writings. Louise Bourgeois: The Return of the Repressed shows the enduring presence of psychoanalysis as a motivational force and a site of exploration in her life and work. Selected and edited by Philip Larratt-Smith, her literary archivist, these texts provide a comprehensive overview and re-reading covering 60 years of artistic production. The second volume in this gorgeous set also serves as an impressive and up-to-date monograph, detailing works up until the artistâ€™s death in 2010.