Louise Bourgeois: Art and Emotions

What does Louise Bourgeois transform in her work?

• Sadness into joy

• Fear into courage

• Nasty work into good work

• Love into hate

How did Louise Bourgeois react to anxiety?

• She would write in her journal

• She would either make art or attack

• She would isolate herself

• She would always make art

What was the primary motivation behind Louise's work?

• A positive reaction to her family

• A negative reaction against her father's mistress

• A desire to become famous

• A need to express happiness

What did Louise Bourgeois associate spiders with?

• Her teachers

• Her childhood friends

• Her mother

• Her father

When did Louise Bourgeois start making sculptures of spiders?

• In the mid-1990s

• In the 1980s

• In the 1950s

• In the 1940s

What themes are prevalent in Louise Bourgeois's work?

• Life, love, suffering, and death

• Nature and wildlife

• Technology and innovation

• Wealth and power

What phrase did Louise often use to describe her process?

• Start, stop, continue

• Make, break, fix

• Create, destroy, rebuild

• I do, I undo, I redo

How did making art impact Louise Bourgeois's life?

• It saved her life and acted as therapy

• It made her wealthy

• It made her famous

• It isolated her from society