Eyes
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Louise Bourgeois is celebrated for sculptures and drawings that powerfully abstract and critically engage the female form. Eyes sheds light on the importance of eyes as visual symbols. The third eye, as seen on Kali, has often been associated with supernatural powers in Indian mythology and continues to appear in contemporary imagery. The act of gazing into numerous eyes might also recall the practice of darshan, a dialectical and spiritual way of looking that considers the object as both image and living being, providing an experience of seeing that informs South Asian culture.
—CG
Caption
Louise Bourgeois French–American, 1911–2010. Eyes, 1996. Drypoint on Somerset textured white paper with hand torn deckle edges, Image: 3 15/16 x 9 in. (10 x 22.9 cm) Sheet: 14 1/16 x 14 in. (35.7 x 35.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Prints and Photographs Council, 1998.106.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1998.106.1_SL1.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Eyes
Date
1996
Medium
Drypoint on Somerset textured white paper with hand torn deckle edges
Classification
Dimensions
Image: 3 15/16 x 9 in. (10 x 22.9 cm) Sheet: 14 1/16 x 14 in. (35.7 x 35.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Prints and Photographs Council
Accession Number
1998.106.1
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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