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Louise Bourgeois’s *Maman*: The Spider as a Complex Maternal Symbol – Revisit Louise Bourgeois’s monumental bronze spider sculptures and explore how they represent the artist’s mother, evoking both protection, nurturing, and the intricate work of weaving, while also carrying connotations of fear and intimidation through its size and form, reflecting the complexities of familial bonds and emotional landscapes, and using a primal symbol to explore universal human experiences and psychological depths in her powerful and enduring sculptural work that has become an iconic representation of motherhood and its complexities.

Louise Bourgeois's Maman: The Spider as a Complex Maternal Symbol (A lecture, best enjoyed with a glass of something bubbly and a healthy dose of introspection) (🎵 Intro Music: A…
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Louise Bourgeois’s *Maman*: The Spider as a Complex Maternal Symbol – Revisit Louise Bourgeois’s monumental bronze spider sculptures and explore how they represent the artist’s mother, evoking both protection, nurturing, and the intricate work of weaving, while also carrying connotations of fear and intimidation through its size and form, reflecting the complexities of familial bonds and emotional landscapes, and using a primal symbol to explore universal human experiences and psychological depths in her powerful and enduring sculptural work.

Louise Bourgeois's Maman: The Spider as a Complex Maternal Symbol (A Lecture: Prepare for Arachnid-Level Insight!) (🔔 Sound of a large, metallic spider scuttling across the floor) Good morning, art…