Louise Bourgeois: Spiderwoman
Profile of the provocative French-born American artist Louise Bourgeois, who was still producing cutting-edge work at the age of 95. Alan Yentob goes to her New York home.
Alan Yentob presents a profile of the provocative French-born American artist Louise Bourgeois, who was still producing cutting edge work at the age of 95.
Memories of a disturbed childhood have produced fantastic and disturbing sculptures of giant spiders and poured-plastic body parts. As a girl she restored old tapestries, worked with Leger and knew surrealists like Breton and Duchamp. In New York she emerged as an artist in her own right, bringing dread, desire, sex and the psyche into her work.
Yentob goes to a Sunday salon at her New York home where young artists queue up to get her often fiery reactions to their work. He talks with Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley, Stella Vine and others who have been inspired by this strange and mischievous artist.
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Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Alan Yentob |
Producer | Jill Nicholls |
Director | Jill Nicholls |
Executive Producer | Alan Yentob |
Executive Producer | Janet Lee |
Broadcasts
- Tue 13 Nov 2007 22:35Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One except Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
- Tue 13 Nov 2007 23:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland only
- Thu 17 Jun 2010 23:30
- Mon 14 Mar 2022 23:00
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