"This book reproduces faithfully, in a reduced format the images and text of To whom it may concern, 2010, by Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) and Gary Indiana, a limited edition of seven numbered copies printed in archival dyes on cotton cloth by Dye-namix, New York"--Colophon.
Published in association with the Easton Foundation.
To whom it may concern" is one of the final projects Bourgeois completed and is an apt demonstration of the enduring power of her work. Rich pinks, purples, reds and blues describe bodies comprising swollen bellies, heavy breasts, engorged phalluses and stooped torsos in a series of pairings on facing pages. Deceptively simple in design, the varying intensity and range of colour within each figure reveals a dynamism in each repeated coupling of these headless, limbless bodies: male and female at their essential, and the relationship between the two, changing but the same. Indiana's short, visceral but lyrical texts are interspersed throughout and form a conversation with these images, an unconventional non-narrative, part of a broader dialogue about the barrier of flesh, about desire and intimacy.
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To whom it may concern by Louise Bourgeois. ISBN 9781900828369. Published by Violette Editions in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
