Louise Bourgeois: Maman

www.vernissage.tv | On the occasion of the Louise Bourgeois exhibition at Fondation Beyeler, the museum is showing the artist's famous sculpture "Maman". This video documents the installation of Louise Bourgeois giant spider sculpture in the garden of Fondation Beyeler in Riehen (Basel, Switzerland).
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On the occasion of the Louise Bourgeois exhibition at Fondation Beyeler, the museum is showing the artist's famous sculpture Maman. This video documents the installation of Louise Bourgeois' giant spider sculpture in the garden of Fondation Beyeler in Riehen (Basel, Switzerland). The video shows how the legs of the spider are assembled, and how the different parts of the sculpture -- legs, body, eggs, head -- are put together and how the sculpture is erected.
Louise Bourgeois' Maman is one of the best-known works of the artist and the highlight of the exhibition, which the Fondation Beyeler has mounted in honor of her 100th birthday on December 25, 2011.
Louise Bourgeois: Maman at Fondation Beyeler. Installation in Berower Park, Riehen / Switzerland, August 30, 2011.
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