Text written ten years ago, when this book of interviews was first published. Instead of "fifty" years of work Bourgeois would now have to talk about "sixty" years.
Outside the Guggenheim Bilbao. Lurking at far left is one of the gigantic spider sculptures by Louise Bourgeois, still creating new work at age 97. In chronological terms her career could have been even longer, but for the fact that she started late. The demanding French husband and demanding French sons had to be overcome before the public career of Louise Bourgeois could begin.