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ʻO Louise Bourgeois, ʻike kikoʻī o Maman, 1999, cast 2001. Bronze, marble, and stainless steel. 29 kapuai 4 3/8 in x 32 kapuai 1 7/8 in x 38 kapuai 5/8 in (895 x 980 x 1160 knm).

ʻO Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) ka mea pena kiʻi Farani-ʻAmelika no kāna mau kiʻi kiʻi spider nui. ʻOiai he nui ka poʻe i ʻike ʻole iā lākou, ua wehewehe ka mea pena i kāna mau arachnids ma ke ʻano he mea pale e hāʻawi i ka "pale i ka hewa." Ma ka manaʻo o kēia mea kākau, ʻo ka mea hoihoi loa e pili ana i kēia mau mea ola, ʻo ia ka hōʻailona makuahine a lākou i mālama ai no Bourgeois - ʻoi aku ka nui ma hope.

Ua hana ʻo Bourgeois i nā ʻano hana like ʻole i kāna ʻoihana. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ʻike ʻia kāna hana kiʻi i ka wā kamaliʻi, ka ʻeha ʻohana, a me ke kino. He pilikino hohonu nō hoʻi i nā manawa a pau a he mau moʻolelo pilikino.

ALOHA PHILLIPS.
ʻO Louise Bourgeois, Untitled (The Wedges), i hāpai ʻia i ka makahiki 1950, i hoʻolei ʻia i ka makahiki 1991. ʻO ke keleawe a me ke kila kila. 63 1/2 x 21 x 16 iniha (161.3 x 53.3 x 40.6 knm).

ʻO Personnages (1940-45) ʻo Bourgeois'sculptural series—no ka mea i loaʻa mua iā ia ka ʻike mai ke ao noʻeau—he kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi loa ia. ʻO ka huina, ua hana ka mea pena kiʻi ma kahi o kanawalu o kēia mau Surrealist, kiʻi nui kanaka. Hōʻike maʻamau i nā hui i hoʻonohonoho pono ʻia, ua hoʻohana ka mea pena i kēia mau kiʻi pani e kūkulu hou i nā hoʻomanaʻo pilikino a hoʻokumu i ka manaʻo o ka mana o kona wā kamaliʻi paʻakikī.

ʻO nā mea hana a ka mea pena kiʻi, kahi hana kiʻi Dada e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea i loaʻa, he pilikino kū hoʻokahi. ʻOiai he nui nā mea pena kiʻi o ka manawa i koho i nā mea nona ka kumu kumu e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka ʻōlelo pilikanaka, ua koho ʻo Bourgeois i nā mea i pili pono iā ia. Hoʻopili pinepine kēia mau mea i kāna mau Pūnaehana, kahi ʻano o nā hale hoʻonohonoho like i hoʻomaka ai i ka makahiki 1989.