"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Louise Bourgeois & Pablo Picasso: Anatomies of Desire, Hauser & Wirth Zèurich, June 9-September 14, 2019."

An elegantly produced double portrait of the affinities and differences between two of the 20th century's greatest artists, Louise Bourgeois & Pablo Picasso

Coupling the works of Louise Bourgeois and Pablo Picasso—at first glance, an unlikely pair—results in a thought-provoking discourse on the artists’ formal and iconographic links. Inspired by archaic and primitive sources, both Bourgeois and Picasso continually explored and developed interpretations of fertility and mother deities; late in life, both artists focused on eroticism, sexuality, and intimacy.

This beautifully designed book, with its cloth boards and title stamping, builds upon the complex conversation about gender the exhibition sparks, with texts by exhibition curator Marie-Laure Bernadac (former curator at the Louvre, Picasso Museum, and Centre Pompidou), Émilie Bouvard (art historian and curator), Ulf Küster (curator at the Fondation Beyeler), Gérard Wajcman (psychoanalyst and writer) and Diana Widmaier Picasso (art historian).

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ISBN13: 9783906915371
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 256
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Publisher: Hauser & Wirth
Publication City, Country: Switzerland
Dimensions (cm): 33(H)x24.8(L)1520
Weight (gm): 1520

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