Maman (sculpture)

Maman (1999 ) is the largest sculpture from the Spider series by the artist Louise Bourgeois. It is about nine feet tall and wearing a bag containing 26 marble eggs. The name Maman is the French word for " mother ".

Maman ( 9.27 × 8.92 × 10.24 m, 8165 kg ) is a key work for understanding of Bourgeois' Art: The work is a tribute to her mother, who worked as a restorer of tapestries in Paris, and as the spiders repeatedly renewed tissue. For Bourgeois the spider was a friend, protective and helpful ( in exterminating vermin ).

Venues

Permanently

In addition to the sculpture of stainless steel, which is owned by the Tate Modern, London, is more bronze castings are in the following locations:

  • Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
  • Mori Art Museum, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan
  • Samsung Museum of Modern Art, Seoul, South Korea
  • Qatar National Convention Centre, Doha, Qatar
  • Pappajohn Sculpture Park, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Temporary

Bronze casts of Maman are or were also seen at the following locations:

  • City Hall, The Hague, Netherlands, June 21, 2001 - September 11, 2001
  • Nytorv, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2003
  • Castle Park Wendlinghausen Dorentrup, Germany, 2004
  • Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France, 2008
  • Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, 2008
  • Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, March 27, 2007 - March 2, 2008
  • Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy, October 18, 2008 - January 25, 2009
  • Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, USA, 2009
  • Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2011
  • Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2011
  • Federal Court, Bern, Switzerland, May 24, 2011 - June 7, 2011
  • Bürkliplatz, Zurich, Switzerland, June 10, 2011 - July 31, 2011
  • Place Neuve, Geneva, Switzerland, August 3, 2011 - August 28, 2011
  • Fondation Beyeler, Riehen / Basel, Switzerland, September 3, 2011 - January 8, 2012
  • Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, January 23, 2012 - June 17, 2012
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