KMSKA LATE - Kate Zambreno
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American author Kate Zambreno has written a text specifically for KMSKA about the work of Louise Bourgeois. Zambreno will also link this new text to a performance, unmissable!
Kate Zambreno and Louise Bourgeois are often mentioned together because of their shared focus on the personal, the body, and female subjectivity—but from different disciplines. Zambreno writes explicitly about Bourgeois and regards her as an example of radical female self-expression. Bourgeois’ journals, obsessions, and emotional honesty strongly resonate with Zambreno’s own hybrid form, blending essay, memoir, and criticism.
Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) was a French-American visual artist, famous for her sculptures (such as the spider Maman) that center on trauma, memory, sexuality, and family. Her work is intensely autobiographical and psychological.
Kate Zambreno (1977) is a contemporary American writer and essayist. In books such as Heroines and Drifts, she explores female anger, creativity, mental health, and marginalization, often in dialogue with artists and writers of the past.
This program is made possible with the support of the Brussels literary organization Passa Porta and the Amsterdam publisher Koppernik.
Practical
- This activity is part of KMSKA LAAT
- This activity will take place in English.
- Where?
ROOM 2.20 - For whom?
For everyone with a ticket for Thursday evening, while capacity allows. - Price
Free with a museum ticket. No reservation required. Full is full!
