Time and Duration:
Louise Bourgeois' Father and Son
by Patricia Failing
Seattle, Washington's, first and only sculptures of nude males on public display made their debut in January 2007. Created by renowned nonagenarian artist Louise Bourgeois, the life-size, stainless steel and aluminum figures represent a father and his six-year-old son. The sculptures are mounted on piers set several feet apart within a fountain, and appear to be elevated by jets of water. This ensemble is a compositional anomaly for Bourgeois, although the nude family figures recall her enduring preoccupations with anxieties of childhood, corporeal experience, and the flow of time.
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