Sentences with phrase «giant spider sculpture»
The result is a compact yet liberated primer of Bourgeois's implicitly feminist art, its fecund repeating forms, alternately architectonic and fleshy figures, intimations of pregnancy and birth and, most famously, giant spider sculptures in bronze or steel.
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Not only her artwork - which included giant looming spiders made of bronze, delicately, sometimes violently sewn sculptures, and double - headed phalluses - but also her absolute persistence.Not until her 70s did she really receive the kind of recognition that she deserved.
The sculpture, called How It Is, is by Miroslaw Balka and is the tenth work in Tate Modern's annual series of Unilever commissions, which began with Louise Bourgeois» giant spider in 2000 and has since included an enormous sun, thousands of boxes and a giant crack in the floor.
Bourgeois's 1999 «Maman,» a giant metal spider sculpture that is one of her best - known works, was commissioned by the museum.
Though comparisons to other large - scale works, such as Claes Oldenburg's oversized soft sculpture, Jeff Koon's giant outdoor kitsch, or Louise Bourgeois» huge bronze spiders may come to mind, Busby did not arrive in the art world via the art historical canon.
Doha is also an important forum for international sculpture: a Richard Serra monolith stands outside MIA; one of Louise Bourgeois» giant spiders guards the foyer of the palatial Qatar National Convention Centre, where Qatar's Philharmonic Orchestra play.
Influenced by the likes of Louise Bourgeois's giant spider or the massive minimalist sculptures of Richard Serra, the huge installation was designed on a scale that would make it worth taking to the galleries of the world, spreading the information that the Arabic world does, indeed, have a contemporary art scene.
The exhibition showcases the range of the artist's work across seven decades, featuring 47 sculptures (including the giant spider, Maman) and 54 works on paper and fabric.
This was expressed most powerfully in Louise Bourgeois's giant sculpture of a spider, with its sack of marble eggs, which she called Maman.