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Maman, almost 9 meters high, is one of the most ambitious sculptures of Bourgeois and belongs to a series inspired by the spider, a motif that first appeared in several drawings made by the artist in the 1940s and Occupied a central place in her work during the 1990s. The spiders, which Bourgeois presents as a tribute to her mother, who was a weaver, reveal the duplicity of the nature of motherhood: the mother is protective and predatory to it weather.
The spider uses silk both to make the cocoon and to hunt its prey, so the motherhood embodies strength and fragility. These ambiguities are intensely reflected in this gigantic Maman, which stands ominously on legs that resemble Gothic arches and act at the same time as a cage and protective shelter of a bag full of eggs that are dangerously attached to her abdomen. The spider causes fear and fear but its great height, strikingly balanced on a few legs, conveys an almost touching vulnerability.
I love this photo so much. Excellent!
Hello, very cool!
Thank you happy thursday Rachel
This is great
Thank you happy thursday Steve
Wow this is incredible!
Thank you happy thursday Carol
Impressive!
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La gran arquitectura.
si es bonita feliz dia guapa
That is great
Thank you happy thursday Stbrians
There is one in Montreal too…just outside and Art Gallery 🙂 this is so cool…I must dig out one of my photos too…when I have a minute lol
I would love to see it
I was wrong…it is actually in Ottawa…when my sister visited Canada last year…we took her to Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec…I really must look for the photos…just for you Txa 🙂
The giant spider called Maman, by artiste Louise Bourgeois, stands in front of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
I’m wishing see her
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Cool creation, but nope,still can’t like spiders
I’m scared but only the real ones.
cool!
happy afternoon
Very cool creation
happy afternoon woody
wow wounderful 😀
Thank you, happy afternoon
beautifull
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Gosh that thing is huge.
Thank you very much, late happy gina
lovely
Thank you very much, late happy