5.2.20 Louise Bourgeois and colour
‘Colour is stronger than language. It’s a subliminal communication.
Blue represents peace, meditation and escape.
Red is an affirmation at any cost – regardless of the dangers in fighting – of contradiction, of aggression. It’s symbolic of the intensity of the emotions involved.
Black is mourning, regrets, guilt, retreat.
White means go back to square one. It’s renewal, the possibility of starting again, completely fresh.
Pink is feminine. It represents a liking and acceptance of the self.’ (Bourgeois in Celant 2010: 111)
‘Red is the colour of blood.
Red is the colour of paint.
Red is the colour of violence.
Red is the colour of danger.
Red is the colour of shame.
Red is the colour of jealousy.
Red is the colour of grudges.
Red is the colour of blame.’ (Bougeois in Bernadac 2007)
Bourgeois, Louise, 1998, in an interview with Cecilia Blomberg, in Bernadac, Marie- Laure, 2007, Louise Bourgeois, Flammarion: London
Celant, Germano, 2010, Louise Bourgeois: The Fabric Works, Milan: Skira Editore
‘Colour is stronger than language. It’s a subliminal communication.
Blue represents peace, meditation and escape.
Red is an affirmation at any cost – regardless of the dangers in fighting – of contradiction, of aggression. It’s symbolic of the intensity of the emotions involved.
Black is mourning, regrets, guilt, retreat.
White means go back to square one. It’s renewal, the possibility of starting again, completely fresh.
Pink is feminine. It represents a liking and acceptance of the self.’ (Bourgeois in Celant 2010: 111)
‘Red is the colour of blood.
Red is the colour of paint.
Red is the colour of violence.
Red is the colour of danger.
Red is the colour of shame.
Red is the colour of jealousy.
Red is the colour of grudges.
Red is the colour of blame.’ (Bougeois in Bernadac 2007)
Bourgeois, Louise, 1998, in an interview with Cecilia Blomberg, in Bernadac, Marie- Laure, 2007, Louise Bourgeois, Flammarion: London
Celant, Germano, 2010, Louise Bourgeois: The Fabric Works, Milan: Skira Editore