Présentation
Louise Bourgeois, introduction de Marius Bowley
He Disappeared into Complete Silence
Louise Bourgeois a créé He Disappeared into Complete Silence en 1947, au début de sa carrière, deux ans après sa première exposition personnelle. Ce livre dense et splendide, très rare car imprimé initialement à une dizaine d’exemplaires, contient neuf gravures de l’artiste placées en regard d’un bref texte narratif.
Les textes inventés par Louise Bourgeois sont autant d’histoires courtes et surprenantes aux allures d’haïkus. On y retrouve, associés aux gravures, des architectures étonnantes, des personnages solitaires, des objets dans des situations inhabituelles…
Plate 9
Once there was the mother of a son. She loved him with a complete devotion.
And she protected him because she knew how sad and wicked this world is.
He was of a quiet nature and rather intelligent but he was not interested in being loved or protected because he was interested in something else.
Consequently at an early age he slammed the door and never came back.
Later on she died but he did not know it.