Louise Bourgeois

The catalogue contains an essay by Amei Wallach, art critic, author, filmmaker, and television commentator.

Mr. Wallach is currently working on a feature-length film portrait of the creative process and Louise Bourgeois.

Louise Bourgeois was born in 1911 in Paris, where she studied art at various schools, including the Ecole du Louvre, Academie des Beaux-Arts, Academie Julian, and Ateelier Fernand Leger.

In 1938, she immigrated to New York City and continued her studies at the Art Students League.

For some six decades Louise Bourgeois has been amount the world's most consistently innovative sculptors, creating works in a stunning variety of materials and forms.

While much of her art may legitimately be viewed in the context of Surrealism, Abstract, Expressionism, and other movements, Ms. Bourgeois has been a singular artist, creating work that cannot in the end, be categorised.