MORI ART MUSEUM
EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION
LOUISE BOURGEOIS: I HAVE BEEN TO HELL AND BACK. AND LET ME TELL YOU, IT WAS WONDERFUL
Over a career that spanned seven decades, Louise Bourgeois developed a practice that translated various emotional and psychological states through a range of materials, marrying psychological intensity with high formal invention. The first major museum exhibition of her work in Japan in 27 years, this show will present works from across the artist’s career, including prints, drawings, sculptures, installations, and writings. Among these, several pieces employ the recurring motif of the spider to explore themes of maternal love, healing, and memory, while a group of early paintings dating from 1938–48 will be shown in Asia for the first time. These early works, the importance of which have only recently begun to be recognized, establish the formal vocabulary and thematic concerns that Bourgeois would go on to devote much of her career to. As Bourgeois said, “art is a guarantee of sanity,” a sentiment that testifies her will to survive while also serving as a vital reference for life in a postpandemic era fraught with geopolitical tensions.
VENUE
VENUE
MORI ART MUSEUM
- D11
- Roppongi
Crowning the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, the Mori Art Museum is committed to presenting cutting-edge visual arts, architecture, design, and other modes of creative output from around the world. The museum is known for producing groundbreaking monographic exhibitions of important Japanese and international artists, such as Ai Weiwei, Yayoi Kusama, and Takashi Murakami; large-scale thematic surveys covering various topics and geographic regions; and the triennial Roppongi Crossing, which offers an overview of Japanese contemporary art. The museum complements these exhibitions with smaller, more focused programs, such as MAM Collection, which introduces works in the museum’s collection; MAM Screen, which showcases video works; MAM Research, which focuses on exhibiting materials rather than artworks; and MAM Projects, which conducts experimental projects with artists from Japan and beyond.
Pursuing a vision of “Art + Life,” the Mori Art Museum seeks to make contemporary art more accessible to broad audiences. The museum supervises works of public art at Roppongi Hills and Toranomon Hills and organizes art events in collaboration with local communities. The museum is open late six nights a week to enable visitors to enjoy art after work or dinner.
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