Cat. No. 129
I Am Afraid
- State/Variant:
- Only state
- Date:
- 2009
- Themes
- Fabric Works, Words
- Techniques
- Other Techniques
- Support:
- Fabric
- Dimensions:
- sheet: 44 5/16 x 72 5/8" (112.5 x 184.5 cm)
- Signature:
- "LB" lower right margin, stitched in gray thread.
- Publisher
- Carolina Nitsch Editions
- Printer
- Dyenamix
- Edition:
- 15; plus 3 A.P.
- Impression:
- "No. AP 2/3" upper left sheet verso, black ink, unknown hand.
- Curatorial Remarks:
- Dyenamix, New York, oversaw the fabrication of this work. The weaving was sub-contracted by Dyenamix to Bethanne Knudson, Design Director, The Oriole Mill, Hendersonville, NC.
- Description:
- Woven fabric
- Other Remarks:
- According to Louise Bourgeois's assistant, Jerry Gorovoy, Bourgeois specifically wanted this work to have a soft, pillow-like quality. She requested that the object be stuffed to create that effect.
- MoMA Credit Line:
- Gift of the artist
- MoMA Accession Number:
- 107.2012
- This Work in Other Collections:
- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Tate Modern, London
Tate Modern, London and National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh. Lent by the Artists Rooms Foundation
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
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Publication Excerpts
Louise Bourgeois,
I Am Afraid,
2009I am afraid of silence
I am afraid of the dark
I am afraid to fall down
I am afraid of insomnia
I am afraid of emptiness
Is something missing?
Yes, something is missing and always will be missing
The experience of emptiness
To miss
What are you missing?
Nothing
I am imperfect but I am lacking nothing
Maybe something is missing but I do not know and therefore do not suffer
Empty stomach empty house empty bottle
The falling into a vacuum signals the abandonment of the mother