Adoubleportraitoftheaffinitiesanddifferencesbetweentwoofthe20thcentury'sgreatestartists
CouplingtheworksofLouiseBourgeois(1911-2010)andPabloPicasso(1881-1973)producesathought-provokingdiscourseontheartists'formalandiconographiclinks.Inspiredbyarchaicandprimitivesources,bothBourgeoisandPicassoexploredanddevelopedinterpretationsoffertilityandmotherdeities;lateinlife,bothartistsfocusedoneroticism,sexualityandintimacy.
Insummer2019,objectsfromthesepivotal20th-centuryartistswillbepresentedatHauser&WirthZrich,markingthefirsttwo-personshowinwhichafemalesculptor'sworksareputintoanextendeddialoguewiththoseofPicasso.Thisbookbuildsuponthecomplexconversationaboutgendertheexhibitionsparks,withtextsbyexhibitioncuratorMarie-LaureBernadac(formercuratorattheLouvre,PicassoMuseum,andCentrePompidou),milieBouvard(arthistorianandcurator),UlfKster(curatorattheFondationBeyeler),GrardWajcman(psychoanalystandwriter)andDianaWidmaierPicasso(arthistorian).