Ep 97: Visiting the Louise Bourgeois House w Beka Goedde and Mandolyn Wilson Rosen
Pep Talks for ArtistsShow Notes
Beka Goedde and Mandolyn Wilson Rosen join me this episode to unpack our experience visiting renowned artist, Louise Bourgeois' home in NYC. We entered her historic brownstone and were immediately transported to another world and time. Louise lived a full life but was very much an artistic homebody. She made her home her studio in every sense of the word, stuffing each room full of materials to be on hand whenever inspiration struck. She found a way to balance family life with making her work and rode out long career lulls with grace and determination. Come along with us as we discuss our peek inside her sanctuary.
More about Louise Bourgeois: https://www.moma.org/artists/710-louise-bourgeois https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2013/oct/18/bourgeois https://hicarquitectura.com/2022/12/louise-bourgeoise-femme-maison/ Great film about Louise Bourgeois: Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress, and the Tangerine 2008 Bourgeois works mentioned: "Arched Figure" 1993, "Maman" 1999 Bourgeois exhibitions mentioned: The Women at Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century gallery NYC 1945, Eccentric Abstraction, curated by Lucy Lippard at The Fischbach Gallery NYC 1966
Artists / Writers mentioned: Joyce Kosloff, Faith Ringgold, Sylvia Sleigh, Lucy Lippard, Linda Nochlin, Joan Snyder, Nancy Spero, Howardena Pindell, Delacroix, Matisse, Suzanne Valadon
Beka mentioned Felix Harlan, master printmaker and co-founder of Harlan & Weaver, a fine art print publishing studio who made so many Bourgeois prints.
1973 Feminists' letter to William Rubin at MoMA: https://brooklynrail.org/2017/11/verbatim/Louise-Bourgeois-Breaking-the-Mold/
Further reading: Louise Bourgeois: Drawings and Observations, Ed. Lawrence Rinder; Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois , a YA book by Jan Greenberg (with Sandra Jordan); "New York Real Estate and the Ruin of American Art" by Josh Kline / October
Thank you to my guests, Beka Goedde and Mandolyn Wilson Rosen! Find them online at: BekaGoedde.com and @bekagoedde MandolynWilsonRosen.com and @mandolyn_rosen
Thank you to the wonderful guides and archivists at the Louise Bourgeois home who made this episode possible.
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