Louise Bourgeois born on December 25, 1911, was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art. She has many famous sculptures and other works of art but one of her most unique yet intriguing works was called Maman. During the 1990s, Bourgeois began using the spider as the central idea in her art. Maman, which stands more than nine meters high, is a steel and marble sculpture in the center where an addition of six bronze legs were branching out from. This is clearly an interesting piece as it is a giant spider but I also think it's more interesting as to why Bourgeois chose the spider. She said it was ode to her mother and how she saw many similarities between the beauty of spiders and her mother.
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