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Installation view of Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child at Hayward Gallery, 2022. © The Easton Foundation/DACS, London and VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Mark Blower/© The Hayward Gallery
The first major retrospective of this legendary artist to focus exclusively on her work using fabrics and textiles.
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In the last two decades of her career, Bourgeois began to incorporate clothes from all stages of her life into her art.
This developed into a varied body of work – from monumental installations, to figurative sculptures and abstract collages – incorporating textiles such as bed linen, handkerchiefs, tapestry, and needlepoint.
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Bourgeois’s fabric works mine the themes of identity and sexuality, trauma and memory, guilt and reparation that are central to her long and storied career.
‘I have always had a fascination with the magic power of the needle. The needle is used to repair the damage. It's a claim to forgiveness.’
Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child sums up this wonderfully inventive and compelling final chapter in this extraordinary artist’s work.
Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child is generously supported by The Easton Foundation, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne, Fundación Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte (FABA) and Hauser & Wirth.
Additional support has been provided by The Woven Child Exhibition Supporters’ Group: Caroline & Eric Freymond and Ellen & Michael Ringier; Peder Lund; Xavier Hufkens, Brussels; and the Henry Moore Foundation.
To accompany the opening of this exhibition, the Southbank Centre has launched a new, digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free app that makes it easy to access and engage with arts and culture from mobile devices, anytime, anywhere.
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Installation view of visitor looking at Ode à L'oubli, 2004 at Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child at Hayward Gallery, 2022
Installation view of visitor looking at an art piece in Gallery 2 at Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child at Hayward Gallery, 2022
Installation view of visitor looking at artworks by Hayward Gallery staircase at Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child at Hayward Gallery, 2022
Installation view of visitor looking at Untitled, 2009, at Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child at Hayward Gallery, 2022
Installation view of visitor looking at The Reticent Child, 2003 at Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child at Hayward Gallery, 2022
Installation view of visitor looking at Eternity, 2009, at Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child at Hayward Gallery, 2022
Need to know
For ages 8+
Content warning
Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child includes artistic depictions of a sexual nature, nudity, pregnancy and childbirth.
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Concessions
Lambeth residents
Lambeth resident tickets for Wed – Fri are £5. Tickets must be booked in advance via our website by selecting the 'Lambeth residents' ticket type under the concessions tab. ID may be requested on arrival.
Under-30s
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We are happy to welcome primary, secondary and SEND schools during Hayward Gallery opening hours at the following rates:
Primary schools: Free, booking required
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All other secondary schools: £5 per pupil. Accompanying teachers go free
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When you arrive
Entrance to the exhibition is via the Hayward Gallery main entrance. We’re operating a one-way system.
Get here as close to your time slot as possible – you won’t be able to come into the Hayward Gallery to wait.
Toilets
Toilets, including accessible toilets, are open for ticket holders in the Hayward Gallery Foyer.
Cloakroom
Our cloakroom is £1 per item and is for coats, umbrellas and small bags. You won’t be able to bring any bags over 40 x 25 x 25cm into the exhibition, so please leave large bags at home.
Visitors with prams, buggies and wheelchairs are welcome.
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Access
When you arrive
There may be short queues to enter the building and the exhibition. If you are not able to queue or need further assistance, our hosts are here to help you.
For level access to the gallery from Queen Elizabeth Hall Slip Road, use the car park lift to the Hayward Gallery Foyer. All floors are accessible from the main foyer.