Spirales

1938–2010 · Miejsce pracy

New York City

1973

The death of her husband Robert Goldwater

Bourgeois’s husband Robert Goldwater died in 1973. Their marriage, which brought three sons (one of them adopted), lasted until his death.

1982

First retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art

In 1982 the Museum of Modern Art in New York held Bourgeois’s first retrospective; she was seventy, and until then had been a peripheral figure whose work was more admired than acclaimed. The New York Times wrote that her work was charged with tenderness and violence, acceptance and defiance.

1982

The text “Child Abuse” in Artforum

In 1982 Bourgeois wrote a text for Artforum titled “Child Abuse”, in which she defined her artistic concepts almost entirely in terms of childhood trauma.

1985

First solo exhibition in France

In 1985 Bourgeois’s first solo exhibition in France was held.

1990

The death of her son Michel

In 1990 Bourgeois’s first son, Michel, died.