Louise Bourgeois - Phaidon 2004

For this book, critic Paulo Herkenhoff (with Thryza Goodeve) has been in discussion with Bourgeois for many years. Topics in their Interview range from her troubled relationship with her father, to men's fashions, to her recollections of Marcel Duchamp, whom she knew personally. Critic and curator Robert Storr's Survey chronicles the unique trajectory of Bourgeois' work and life from a highly personal point of view. In his Focus, critic Allan Schwartzman concentrates on Cell (You Better Grow Up) (1993) an intense cage-like space. For her Artist's Choice, Bourgeois has selected extracts from the novel Bonjour Tristesse (1954) by Françoise Sagan, whose story about a young girl's response to her father's amorous relationship parallels to some degree the artist's own childhood experiences. The Artist's Writings include an early text, The Puritan, from 1947, alongside discussions on her own work, autobiographical writings and artist's projects.

Phaidon - 2004 (second printing)
160p - EN - 28.9x24.9cm - paperback - a bit twisted