Bourgeois, Louise | ACT UP Art Box, 1994 — available on Composition Gallery

ACT UP Art Box: In Anger (1994) - Created in collaboration with ACT UP during the AIDS crisis, this limited-edition Art Box brought together works by leading contemporary artists including Louise Bourgeois, Kiki Smith, Lorna Simpson, Mike Kelley, and Nancy Spero. Conceived as both an artwork and a fundraising initiative, the project combined artistic experimentation with political activism, supporting ACT UP’s advocacy and healthcare efforts in the early 1990s. The Art Box includes works by: Louise Bourgeois – Untitled, from ACT UP Art Box: In Anger, 1994, Pink silicone rubber sculpture depicting Bourgeois' iconic hybrid phallus/vulva form. Dimensions: 17.8 × 14 × 7 cm. Ross Bleckner – Untitled, painted plastic bird with cord and metal hanging hook (19 × 11.5 × 5 cm). Mike Kelley – Hibernating Egg, Postoperative State, mixed media (egg, birch wood, cork, glue and wood putty), 11.5 × 6.6 cm. Simon Leung – Approaching, silkscreen ink on silk, 43 × 43 cm. Lorna Simpson – Untitled (Wishbones), two Pyrex glass rods (one opaque, one transparent), each 15 × 6.6 × 1.3 cm, accompanied by a printed text card. Kiki Smith – Untitled, comprising a colour photograph (15 × 10 cm) and a stamped glass sculptural element (5.5 cm diameter × 1 cm high). Nancy Spero – To the Revolution, hand-printed in colour directly onto the wooden box lid, each uniquely printed. The lid can be displayed independently as a standalone artwork.. The original Certificate of Authenticity (booklet) bears the hand signatures of all participating artists. The wooden box is numbered in felt-tip pen and black ink. Condition: All works, including the Bourgeois sculpture, are in excellent condition.

Louise Bourgeois (France/USA, 1911–2010) was a groundbreaking artist celebrated for her emotionally charged sculptures, installations, and drawings. Her works, often exploring themes of memory, identity, and family, include the iconic spider sculptures symbolizing protection and fragility. Bourgeois's legacy profoundly influenced contemporary art, especially feminist and psychoanalytic perspectives.

Louise Bourgeois

ACT UP Art Box, 1994

Name: ACT UP Art Box, 1994
SKU: 17629
Price: 11500.00 EUR
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Sculpture / ObjectA sculpture is a three-dimension object made using any one of the basic sculpting processes. These include carving, casting, constructing or modeling. Carving materials may be bone, ivory, stone or wood. Modeling and casting use clay or wax, while constructions glue materials together.

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Mixed MediaMixed media refers to artwork that incorporates more than one medium within a single piece. Unlike multimedia art, which combines distinct forms of visual art and often includes elements like sound, video, or digital media, mixed media focuses on combining traditional art materials, such as paint, ink, and collage. Mixed media art allows artists to achieve a wide range of effects and textures by layering and blending different materials.

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My art is a form of restoration in terms of my feelings to myself and to others.
- Louise Bourgeois

Louise J. Bourgeois was a French-American artist and sculptor. She was extremely influential in modern and contemporary art and she became publicly recognized as the founder of the confessional art movement.

She studied art at several reputable schools including Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Ecole du Louvre, and Ecole des Beaux-Arts. After marrying her American husband, Robert Goldwater, and moving to New York City, Louise Bourgeois turned her focus to sculpture. During this time, her artistic creations would often exude themes of loneliness, anxiety, and betrayal.

She often used junkyard scraps and driftwood that she would then carve into upright wood sculptures. Bourgeois would cover the impurities of the wood with paint and then use nails to create holes and scratches in the piece to articulate a certain emotion. One great example of her work is a piece entitled, “Sleeping Figure”. The piece depicts a war veteran who is unable to face the real world due to vulnerability.

In 1954, Bourgeois joined the American Abstract Artists Group. Her membership in the group was the catalyst for her making the transition from wood and upright structures to marble, bronze, and plaster. Bourgeois often rejected the idea that her art was feminist, however many of her works, such as Janus Fleuri (1968) proved that she wasn’t timid about celebrating the female body or using the female form in new ways. Later in life, Bourgeois added teaching to her resume as she obtain instructional positions at the several higher education institutions, including Cooper Union and the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture. She also taught for many years in the public school system in Great Neck, Long Island. One of her most recognizable pieces is a work called “The Destruction of Father.'' (Artist website)

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Feminist art refers to the art that emerged from the feminist art movement during the 1960s and 1970s. It developed with the intention of critiquing 20th-century gender ideals and challenging the traditional canon of art history. Feminist art seeks to create a dialogue between the artwork and the viewer through a feminist lens, often addressing issues of gender, identity, and social justic

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