Louise Bourgeois's Psychoanalytic Writings and Art Featured in Jewish Museum Exhibition

From May 21 to September 12, 2021, the Jewish Museum in New York City showcases 'Louise Bourgeois, Freud's Daughter,' under the curation of Philip Larratt-Smith. This marks the inaugural U.S. exhibition dedicated to Bourgeois's psychoanalytic writings alongside her artistic selections. Initiating her psychoanalysis with Dr. Henry Lowenfeld in 1952, Bourgeois produced a wealth of writings until his passing in 1985. The display features diary entries and reflections on depression, subverting conventions in a male-centric field. Notable works include early wood Personages (1946-1954), Passage Dangereux (1997), Arched Figure No. 3 (1997), Knife Figure (2002), and Mother and Child (2007). Bourgeois, who passed away in 2010 at the age of 98, is celebrated as a pioneering female artist who transformed her personal anguish into art.