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Hauser & Wirth Zurich: Alex Van Gelder � Louise Bourgeois Armed Forces - 12 Feb 2011 to 14 May 2011 Current Exhibition |
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Alex Van Gelder, Louise Bourgeois 2010
� Alex Van Gelder Courtesy Hauser & Wirth |
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Alex Van Gelder � Louise Bourgeois Armed Forces Hauser & Wirth Z�rich 12 February � 14 May 2011 Opening Friday 11 February, 6 � 8 pm Gnarled, sinewy and wrinkled with age, Louise Bourgeois's hands were fascinating. Her hands are the subjects of portraits taken by the artist Alex Van Gelder, who, at Bourgeois's invitation, photographed her at her New York townhouse during the last year of her life. The resulting portfolio of eighteen photographic prints will be on display at Hauser & Wirth Z�rich from 12 February. More than purely a portrait project, Bourgeois considered this collaboration to be an extension of her work. Through this series, she put forth her own physicality to be viewed as an element of her art, focusing on her hands as her tools. Clenched or cradling, her hands recall many of her works, from the entwined finger-like forms of 'Clutching' (1962), to the skein of lines of her 'Insomnia Drawings' and the poised spiders of her 'Maman' series. Van Gelder�s images are stark, showing just the hands against the black fabric of her clothes. They are flooded with intimacy and warmth, reflecting his closeness to Bourgeois and the trust she placed in him to work with her on this project. The portfolio is printed in an edition of 10 and will be shown both on the walls of the gallery and also displayed in its original linen box. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, 'Alex Van Gelder � Louise Bourgeois. ARMED FORCES', published by Ediciones Pol�grafa and Hauser & Wirth. Louise Bourgeois (b. Paris 1911, d. New York 2010) is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. In 1982 she became the first female artist to have a retrospective at New York�s Museum of Modern Art. A comprehensive survey of her work was organised in 2007 by Tate Modern, which travelled to Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Guggenheim Museum, New York NY, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA, and the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden in Washington DC. Recent solo exhibitions include 'Louise Bourgeois: The Fabric Works', which travelled from Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, Venice to Hauser & Wirth London, Savile Row (2010). 'Do Not Abandon Me', an exhibition of sixteen gouaches created during a two year collaboration between Louise Bourgeois and Tracey Emin, opens in February 2011 at Hauser & Wirth London, Old Bond Street. 'Louise Bourgeois: The Return of the Repressed', will open in South America in 2011, opening at Fundaci�n Proa, Buenos Aires, in March and travelling to Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, and Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro. Alex Van Gelder is a Dutch artist who currently lives and works in Paris. He is an expert on West African photography and edited the book 'Life and Afterlife in Benin' (Phaidon, 2005), which presented the work of photographers active in Benin, West Africa both before and after independence in 1960. Since 2000, he has focused his attention on photography and film and has featured in various exhibitions and catalogues. He worked closely with Louise Bourgeois and Jerry Gorovoy from 2008 until Bourgeois's death in May 2010. |
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