Louise Bourgeois: Louise Bourgeois is a contemporary sculptor who was born in France in 1911, and moved to New York city in 1938. Much of her work is autobiographical in nature, stemming from a childhood which was difficult for her in some ways.

Like many contemporary artists, particularly sculptors, her work has a wide range of both materials and appearance. Some of the materials she uses are glass, wood, steel and marble, sometimes together in one piece. Her pieces tend to be rather large, often considered installations (a type of contemporary art which consists of a number of objects or forms (mainly three-dimensional, although sometimes with photographs or text), which together form the artwork, being usually large, often large enough to fill a sizable gallery space). Her work has evolved through the years, assuming varied forms, but the common thread is always the very personal nature of the work, and its metaphorical meanings for the artist. Here are some of her works.