A hairpin from a paper clip. We’re kicking off 2025 with Louise Bourgeois. In the beginning of our Season 1 “Identity” episode, the artist makes a hairpin from a paperclip as filming begins. “A work of art doesn’t have to be explained,” says the artist later on. “If you say, what does this mean, you see? Well, if you do not have any feeling about this, I cannot explain it to you. If this doesn’t touch you, I have failed.” All past seasons of our broadcast series, “Art in the Twenty-First Century” are now available for free, in full, on YouTube. 📺 Link in bio to watch Louise Bourgeois in “Identity” now.
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