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Who made it?
Who made “Maman”?
“Maman” was made by Louise Bourgeois in 1999.
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Surrealism · Sculpture
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Surrealism: dreamlike, illogical combinations painted realistically, or free, biomorphic shapes; Symbolism is mysterious too but tells myths, Surrealism shocks with the irrational.
Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (25 December 1911 – 31 May 2010) was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker. Wikipedia
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More by Louise Bourgeois
- “Spider”, 1996
- “Father and Son”, 2005
- “Maman”, 2003
- “Eye Benches II”
- “Maman”, 2001
- “Woman-House”, 1947
- “When my cunt stopped living”, 2010
- “On the occasion of Serpentine Gallery Map Marathon”