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Artists Series: Louise Bourgeois

Amy Emmerson Martin
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  • ISBN 9781849769716
  • Dimensions: 140 x 197mm
  • Publication Date: 08 Oct 2026
  • Publisher: Tate Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) is best known for her monumental sculptures: towering, dark and warped structures that are often isolated, evoking a myriad of emotions from hope and fear to anguish and anxiety. But she also worked prolifically with fabric, weaving together her personal life with her art to tell powerful stories of her traumatic memories and experiences.

This book is an enlightening introduction to the life and work of Bourgeois. Bringing together her extensive and beguiling body of work, from her early paintings and ink drawings to her large-scale sculptural installations incorporating textiles and tapestries, it reveals the profound personal and social insight of an extraordinary artist who transformed violence and vulnerability into art, solidifying her as one of the most important feminist artists of the twentieth century.
About Amy Emmerson Martin
Amy Emmerson Martin is Contemporary Curator at the National Portrait Gallery. Prior to this, she was Assistant Curator of Contemporary British Art at Tate and focused on the museum’s exhibitions, collection displays, and acquisitions. She was the Co-Curator of Turner Prize 2024 and curator of Art Now programming, including Steph Huang, Zeinab Saleh and Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings. Amy worked in the curatorial department at Tate Modern where she curated displays of the work of international artists including Patricia Belli and Sharon Hayes and was part of the curatorial team responsible for displays centred on the sculpture of Jimmie Durham, the video installation of Shirin Neshat and the textile installation of Cecilia Vicuña. She holds a BA in Art History and an MA in Art History, both from The Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

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