He Disappeared into Complete Silence
Louise Bourgeois American
Not on view
The poet Marius Bewley described He Disappeared into Complete Silence as "tiny tragedies of human frustration." These nine dynamic and visually striking prints, as well as nine parables authored by Bourgeois, act as a psychological portrait, reflecting her life as an artist, immigrant, mother, wife, and daughter in New York City. Included are a range of references to the architecture of New York City, her family, notions of domesticity, and language and its failures. Governing the prints and parables are her own feelings and sensations, in particular, loneliness and isolation, inspiring Bourgeois to refer to He Disappeared into Complete Silence as "a drama of the self."
