Each article looks closely at a single work: its composition, colours, details and the life behind it. We read it part by part, then return to the whole.
No articles in Anatomy of an Artwork are tagged Louise Bourgeois.
Essays & Criticism ·
Art does not console; it confronts. In the light of Albert Camus’s philosophy of the absurd, we look at the absurdity of existence in the works of Louise Bourgeois, Francis Alÿs and Bruce Nauman.
Existence & Spirituality ·
From Kusama’s dots to Bourgeois’s cells, we explore the visual map art draws of anxiety and obsession. A journey through the labyrinth of the mind.
Essays & Criticism ·
Knowledge passes on through people, not only through screens. From Rembrandt to Nam June Paik, we look at what is lost when learning happens alone and without a master.
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