ISITHOMBE NGU-JEAN-PIERRE DALBÉRA, FLICKR.

U-Louise Bourgeois, i-detail view of Maman, 1999, cast 2001. Bronze, marble, ne-stainless steel.29 izinyawo 4 3/8 in x 32 izinyawo 1 7/8 in x 38 izinyawo 5/8 in (895 x 980 x 1160 cm).

Umdwebi wase-French-American u-Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) waziwa kakhulu ngemifanekiso yakhe eqoshiwe yesicabucabu.Yize abaningi bebathola bengagculisekile, umdwebi uchaze ama-arachnids akhe njengabavikeli abahlinzeka “ngokuzivikela ebubini.”Ngokombono walo mbhali, i-factoid ethakazelisa kakhulu ngalezi zidalwa uphawu lomuntu siqu, lomama ababelubambele uBourgeois—okuningi kulokho kamuva.

U-Bourgeois wenza ubuciko obuhlukahlukene kulo lonke umsebenzi wakhe.Sekukonke, umsebenzi wakhe wobuciko ubonakala uxhumene nobuntwana, ukuhlukumezeka komndeni, kanye nomzimba.Ibuye ihlale ijulile ngokomuntu futhi ivame ukuba yi-biographical.

AMAHLE PHILIPS.
U-Louise Bourgeois, Untitled (The Wedges), wakhulelwa ngo-1950, waphonswa ngo-1991. Ithusi nensimbi engagqwali.63 1/2 x 21 x 16 in. (161.3 x 53.3 x 40.6 cm).

Uchungechunge lwezithombe eziqoshiwe lukaBourgeois Personnages (1940-45)—aqala ukuqaphela ngalo emhlabeni wezobuciko—luyisibonelo esihle kakhulu.Sekukonke, umdwebi wenze cishe izibalo ezingamashumi ayisishiyagalombili zalezi Surrealist, ezinosayizi womuntu.Ngokuvamise ukuboniswa emaqenjini ahlelwe kahle, iciko lisebenzise lezi zibalo ukuze akhe kabusha izinkumbulo zomuntu siqu futhi athole umuzwa wokulawula ubuntwana bakhe obunzima.

Izinto ezenziwe ngumdwebi, i-Dada artform esekelwe ekusetshenzisweni kwezinto ezitholiwe, nazo ziyingqayizivele yomuntu siqu.Nakuba amaciko amaningi angaleso sikhathi akhetha izinto inhloso yazo yasekuqaleni eyayizosiza ukuhlaziya umphakathi, u-Bourgeois wakhetha izinto ezazibalulekile kuye.Lezi zinto zivame ukugcwala kumaseli akhe, uchungechunge lokufakwa okufana nekheji aluqala ngo-1989.