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Louise Bourgeois: Sculptor and Writer
by Jennifer Dalton


*The Odd Couple* by Wyona Diskin

Sculptor Louise Bourgeois is almost 90 years old and still going strong. Her sculptural forms, made of materials ranging from stone to pillow, are recognized as some of the most important and influential works of the last century.


*Grandma's Wisdom* by Tunde Afolayan

In 1998, a volume of Bourgeois' writing and interviews was published. She has been writing since the age of twelve, and Destruction of the Father, Reconstruction of the Father is full of wisdom ready to be imparted to any young artist who will listen.


*Acceptance, Courage, Wisdom* by Ann Leibowitz

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For example, her address to art students at Rutgers University included this advice: "Style deals with limitations, and I am afraid we have to talk of discipline. You are made, you are forged by what you can resist and by your failures."

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