Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois
An inspiring role model for young teens, especially girls\ The only book available for young people on one of the most important—and controversial—artists of the 20th century. Runaway Girl provides a distinctive, intimate look at the life and work of sculptor Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911). Known for her graphic, sometimes disturbing, yet always personal artworks, Bourgeois broke down barriers for women in the male-dominated art world as she struggled to make sense of her own troubled past.\...
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An inspiring role model for young teens, especially girlsThe only book available for young people on one of the most important—and controversial—artists of the 20th century. Runaway Girl provides a distinctive, intimate look at the life and work of sculptor Louise Bourgeois (b. 1911). Known for her graphic, sometimes disturbing, yet always personal artworks, Bourgeois broke down barriers for women in the male-dominated art world as she struggled to make sense of her own troubled past. Family photographs and reproductions of Bourgeois's artwork—from Deconstruction of the Father to Maman—are interspersed with exclusive interviews, selections from the artist's journals, and a clear, insightful text. Runaway Girl offers a dynamic, thought-provoking look at the life and work of an artist ahead of her time. About the Author:Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan have collaborated on best-selling, critically acclaimed books about Chuck Close, Frank O. Gehry, and Vincent van Gogh. Jan Greenberg is also the author of Abrams' Heart to Heart: New Poems Inspired by Twentieth-Century American Art, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. She lives in St. Louis. Sandra Jordan, an editor and photographer as well as a writer, lives in New York City.Publishers WeeklyIn the same vein as their examinations of Chuck Close, Frank Gehry and Vincent Van Gogh, Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan's Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois deftly juxtaposes art criticism and biography. Drawing on original interviews and other sources, the authors chronicle Bourgeois's evolution from emotionally abused child to New York art world outsider to her current position as elder stateswoman of conceptual art. Evocative photographs of the artist, her family and her works enhance the discussion. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
1Family Tapestry72Family Secrets153A Young Artist in Paris274Runaway Girl335The New York Art Scene456The Great Decade537Spider, Spider, Burning Bright61Important Dates66How to Look at a Sculpture68Where to View Artwork by Louise Bourgeois69Glossary70Bibliography72Endnotes72List of Artworks in Chronological Order74List of Artworks by Chapter75Photography Credits77Acknowledgments78Index80
\ Publishers WeeklyIn the same vein as their examinations of Chuck Close, Frank Gehry and Vincent Van Gogh, Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan's Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois deftly juxtaposes art criticism and biography. Drawing on original interviews and other sources, the authors chronicle Bourgeois's evolution from emotionally abused child to New York art world outsider to her current position as elder stateswoman of conceptual art. Evocative photographs of the artist, her family and her works enhance the discussion. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.\ \ \ \ \ VOYAVigorous still at ninety years of age, this renowned and controversial artist continues to amaze with her powerful, deeply personal sculptures and assemblages that often reflect painful memories of an unconventional childhood. Born in Paris, France, into a well-to-do, art-oriented household, Bourgeois grew up with a temperamental, egoistic father who took his children's live-in English teacher as his mistress, as her caring, hardworking mother "accepted the unacceptable." Despite her love for her parents, Bourgeois was deeply offended by this outrageous domestic triangle, and much of her work reflects intense feelings of frustration, anger, and resentment. After her mother died, Bourgeois moved out of her father's house, opened a small art gallery, married an American art historian, and with her husband, soon left Paris and the onus of a disturbing family history behind, to make a new life in New York City, where she resides to this day. She has said, "I was in effect a runaway girl." Bourgeois is hailed not only for her stunning, revelatory works, but also for her feminist concerns. The spider, an important and popular image in her art, symbolizes the nurturing, industrious feminine, much like Bourgeois's own mother, who was "deliberate, clever, patient, soothing, reasonable, and dainty, subtle, indispensable, neat and useful as a spider," and who, the artist has also said, was her best friend. This well-written, profusely illustrated biography of an extraordinary, complex woman is fascinating and will be an inspirational addition to any young adult art collection. Glossary. Index. Illus. Photos. Biblio. Chronology. VOYA CODES: 4Q 3P M J S (Better than most, marred only by occasionallapses; Will appeal with pushing; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9; Senior High, defined as grades 10 to 12). 2003, Harry N. Abrams, 80p, Culberson\ \ \ School Library JournalGr 7 Up-To mix a biography of Bourgeois with an explanation of her sculpture, fit in her impact on the artistic community, and remain accessible to students may seem to be an impossible feat, but Greenberg and Jordan have done it. Through solid research and interviews with Bourgeois, the woman's stories and work come to life with poignant clarity. Her childhood years and her relationship with her parents are examined and their effect on her work is clear in the abundant black-and-white and full-color photographs. Bourgeois's place in the art world was sealed in 1969 when she became the first woman sculptor to have a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. An explanation of how to view sculpture using Bourgeois's Couple (2001) as an example, an area list of locations where her art is displayed, and lists of the works pictured-one chronological and one by chapter-are included. This superb book is a perfect starting point for research on the artist and 20th-century sculpture.-Delia Fritz, Mercersburg Academy, PA Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.\ \
