Hauser & Wirth - Hubertus Exhibitions
Zurich
Albisriederstrasse 199A
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Louise Bourgeois, Alex Van Gelder
dal 10/2/2011 al 13/5/2011
Tues-Wed 12-6pm, Thu 12-8pm, Frid 12-6pm, Sat 11am-5pm

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10/2/2011

Louise Bourgeois, Alex Van Gelder

Hauser & Wirth - Hubertus Exhibitions, Zurich

Armed Forces. Gnarled, sinewy and wrinkled with age, Louise Bourgeois's hands were fascinating. Her hands are the subjects of portraits taken by the artist Alex Van Gelder, who, at Bourgeois's invitation, photographed her at her New York townhouse during the last year of her life. Through this series, she put forth her own physicality to be viewed as an element of her art, focusing on her hands as her tools.


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Gnarled, sinewy and wrinkled with age, Louise Bourgeois's hands were fascinating. Her hands are the subjects of portraits taken by the artist Alex Van Gelder, who, at Bourgeois's invitation, photographed her at her New York townhouse during the last year of her life. The resulting portfolio of eighteen photographic prints will be on display at Hauser & Wirth Zürich from 12 February.

More than purely a portrait project, Bourgeois considered this collaboration to be an extension of her work. Through this series, she put forth her own physicality to be viewed as an element of her art, focusing on her hands as her tools. Clenched or cradling, her hands recall many of her works, from the entwined finger-like forms of 'Clutching' (1962), to the skein of lines of her 'Insomnia Drawings' and the poised spiders of her 'Maman' series. Van Gelder’s images are stark, showing just the hands against the black fabric of her clothes. They are flooded with intimacy and warmth, reflecting his closeness to Bourgeois and the trust she placed in him to work with her on this project. The portfolio is printed in an edition of 10 and will be shown both on the walls of the gallery and also displayed in its original linen box. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, 'Alex Van Gelder – Louise Bourgeois. ARMED FORCES', published by Ediciones Polígrafa and Hauser & Wirth.

Louise Bourgeois (b. Paris 1911, d. New York 2010) is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. In 1982 she became the first female artist to have a retrospective at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. A comprehensive survey of her work was organised in 2007 by Tate Modern, which travelled to Centre Pompidou, Paris, the Guggenheim Museum, New York NY, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA, and the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden in Washington DC. Recent solo exhibitions include 'Louise Bourgeois: The Fabric Works', which travelled from Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, Venice to Hauser & Wirth London, Savile Row (2010). 'Do Not Abandon Me', an exhibition of sixteen gouaches created during a two year collaboration between Louise Bourgeois and Tracey Emin, opens in February 2011 at Hauser & Wirth London, Old Bond Street. 'Louise Bourgeois: The Return of the Repressed', will open in South America in 2011, opening at Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, in March and travelling to Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, and Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro.

Alex Van Gelder is a Dutch artist who currently lives and works in Paris. He is an expert on West African photography and edited the book 'Life and Afterlife in Benin' (Phaidon, 2005), which presented the work of photographers active in Benin, West Africa both before and after independence in 1960. Since 2000, he has focused his attention on photography and film and has featured in various exhibitions and catalogues. He worked closely with Louise Bourgeois and Jerry Gorovoy from 2008 until Bourgeois's death in May 2010.

About Hauser & Wirth Hauser & Wirth is an international gallery, founded in Zurich in 1992 by Iwan and Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser. In 1996 the Zurich gallery opened in the former Löwenbräu brewery building, along with other contemporary art galleries, the Kunsthalle Zürich, and the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst Zürich. In 2003, Hauser & Wirth opened Hauser & Wirth London on Piccadilly in an historic building designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, adding a new and energetic dimension to London's growing importance as an international art centre. Hauser & Wirth's outdoor sculpture programme, inaugurated in September 2009, is located behind the Piccadilly gallery in Southwood Garden, St James's Church. In 2006, Hauser & Wirth at Colnaghi was created on London's Old Bond Street. Hauser & Wirth New York opened to the public on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in September 2009. In September 2010, Hauser & Wirth re-located their Zurich space to a new temporary location at Hubertus Exhibitions while the Löwenbräu building undergoes major renovation.

In October 2010 Hauser & Wirth opened its new gallery at 23 Savile Row. Offering 15,000 square feet of exhibition space, the gallery provides an outstanding setting for larger exhibitions and more expansive installations. In addition, 7,000 square feet of the building's first floor will be developed for an extensive library and archive and new offices.

Image: Alex Van Gelder
Louise Bourgeois 2010
© Alex Van Gelder
Courtesy Hauser & Wirth

Opening Friday 11 February, 6 – 8 pm

Hauser & Wirth Zürich
Hubertus Exhibitions, Albisriederstrasse 199A
Gallery hours: Tuesday and Wednesday, 12 – 6 pm
Thursday, 12 – 8 pm, Friday, 12 – 6 pm
Saturday, 11 am – 5 pm

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