"Maman"

Artist- Louise Bourgeois
Title- "Maman"
Media- Marble, Stainless Steel, Bronze
Dimensions- 927 x 891 x 1024 cm
Date- 1999

Artist Bio- Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1911. She studied art at various schools there including Ecole du Louvre, Academie des Beaux-Arts, Academie Julian and Atelier Fernand Leger. Immigrated to the US in 1938 and continued her art studies at the Art Students League in New York.

Art Description- This sculpture, which depicts a giant spider, is among the worlds largest. The title is the familiar French word for Mother. Created in 1999 by Bourgeois as part of her inaugural commission of the Unilever Series at London's Tate Modern. It is supposed to allude to the strengths of Bourgeois' mother, with metaphors of spinning, weaving, nurture and protection.

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/bourgeois-maman-t12625

Connection- This piece was chosen due to the connection it has with the theme as well as the deeper meaning behind it, which is the reason behind most of this art being chosen.