Who have I looked into?
Another Artist who uses the everyday objects to address experiences is Louise Bourgeois who is renowned for extracting fragments of her traumatic past into her works. In particular with the Cells Installations – Eyes and Mirrors, they hold crucial evidence of her personal life experience even when it is displayed in such an abstract way. When it is displayed in an abstract way, it would seem that this points out to a less direct response for the audience forcing them to question the work further to make sense of what it is about.
Bourgeois highlights that pain or trauma can take different forms physically and mentally known as formalism. As pain can take many forms, it is also possible to make artwork in different forms or narrative as well that can hide well within random looking objects presented in an abstract way. In this abstract form, the objects give off some kind of clue or inkling into what has been experienced but does not hold the whole story.
How does Louise Bourgeois relate to my own work?
As her pains and traumas correspond well within her works it is also possible for my own traumatic memories of my Chinese and English illness to take on forms with objects too. As she uses the everyday, I like to also use the everyday objects to create narratives or clues to make the audience question the work further just like Bourgeois’ works.
