Quilting

Louise Bourgeois was born in France in 1911 and died in the USA in 2010. She grew up in a family working in the trade of repairing old hand-woven tapestries. For "Quilting", she used her own cast-off clothing, thereby preserving them for posterity. We see a truncated body, a woman’s torso without arms or legs. The fabric Louise Bourgeois used has a colour resembling pink skin. The stitches are visible, an integral part of the work. When she made this sculpture, she was nearly 90. It conveys a sense of frailty and humanity. Louise Bourgeois worked intensely in her final 30 years, using many different materials, including textiles, marble, wood and bronze.