IFOTO KA-JEAN-PIERRE DALBÉRA, FLICKR.

ULouise Bourgeois, i-detail view of Maman, 1999, cast 2001. Bronze, marble, and stainless steel. 29 iinyawo 4 3/8 in x 32 iinyawo 1 7/8 in x 38 iinyawo 5/8 in (895 x 980 x 1160 cm).

Umzobi waseFransi-waseMelika uLouise Bourgeois (1911-2010) waziwa kakhulu ngemifanekiso yakhe yesigcawu enqabileyo. Nangona abaninzi bebafumana bengonwabanga, igcisa lichaze ii-arachnids zakhe njengabakhuseli ababonelela "ngokhuseleko ebubini." Ngoluvo lwalo mbhali, eyona nto inomdla kakhulu malunga nezi zidalwa ngumqondiso wobuqu, woomama ababewubambele uBourgeois-ngaphezulu koko kamva.

UBourgeois wenza uluhlu olubanzi lobugcisa kulo lonke umsebenzi wakhe. Ngokubanzi, umsebenzi wakhe wobugcisa ubonakala unxibelelene nobuntwana, ukwenzakala kusapho kunye nomzimba. Ikwasoloko inzulu yobuqu kwaye isoloko ibhalwe ngebhayografi.

NGENXA YEMPILO.
ULouise Bourgeois, ongabizwanga (I-Wedges), wakhawulwa ngo-1950, waphoswa ngo-1991. I-Bronze kunye nensimbi engenasici. 63 1/2 x 21 x 16 ngaphakathi (161.3 x 53.3 x 40.6 cm).

Uthotho lwemifanekiso eqingqiweyo kaBourgeois Personnages (1940-45)—apho waqala wafumana ingqalelo kuyo kwihlabathi lobugcisa-ngumzekelo obalaseleyo. Lilonke, igcisa lenze malunga namashumi asibhozo kula Surrealist, amanani alingana nomntu. Idla ngokuboniswa ngokwamaqela acwangciswe ngobuchule, igcisa lasebenzisa la manani alandelayo ukuze akhe iinkumbulo zobuqu kunye nokuseka imvakalelo yokulawula ebuntwaneni bakhe obunzima.

I-readymades yomzobi, i-artform ye-Dada esekelwe ekusebenziseni izinto ezifunyenweyo, nazo zikhethekileyo zomntu. Nangona amagcisa amaninzi exesha akhethe izinto ezinjongo yazo yantlandlolo iququzelele ukuhlalutywa kwentlalontle, uBourgeois wakhetha izinto ezazinentsingiselo kuye. Ezi zinto zihlala zihlala kwiiSeli zakhe, uthotho lofakelo olufana nekheji awaluqala ngo-1989.