
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) was a world-renowned modern artist noted for her sculptures made of wood, steel, stone, and cast rubber. Her most famous spider sculpture, Maman , stands more than 30 feet high. Just as spiders spin and repair their webs, Louise's own mother was a weaver of tapestries. Louise spent her childhood in France as an apprentice to her mother before she became a tapestry artist herself. She worked with fabric throughout her career, and this biographical picture book shows how Bourgeois's childhood experiences weaving with her loving, nurturing mother provided the inspiration for her most famous works. With a beautifully nuanced and poetic story, this book stunningly captures the relationship between mother and daughter and illuminates how memories are woven into us all.
Publisher:
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, [2016]
Copyright Date:
©2016
ISBN:
9781419718816
Branch Call Number:
JP Noves
Characteristics:
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 29 cm
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Add a CommentI didn't realize when I put the hold on this book that it was for "young readers." But I imagine the prose seems too poetic to maintain the interest of young readers. And too light for adult readers. A slight volume.