![Louise-Bourgeois-Nature-Study--Compton-Verney-photography-by-Jamie-Woodley-2-aspect-ratio-2-1 An art gallery exhibition with abstract paintings and sculptures. There are four framed abstract paintings with red and pink shapes on the walls. In the centre is a white cone-shaped sculpture on a pedestal. A person in a white shirt is viewing the artwork.](https://images.comptonverney.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/Louise-Bourgeois-Nature-Study-Compton-Verney-photography-by-Jamie-Woodley-2-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpg?resize=20%2C10&gravity)
Louise
Bourgeois
Nature Study
Saturday 6 July – Sunday 6 OctoberExplore the exceptional career of Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), one of the most influential artists of modern times.
![A large spider sculpture in a green meadow below a blue sky next to a neoclassical building.](https://images.comptonverney.org.uk/uploads/2024/04/0U9A2343a-Edit.jpg?resize=1000%2C1000&gravity)
Opening Times
Tue – Sun: 10am-5pm
Mondays: Closed, except bank holidays
Galleries are open 10.30am – 5pm
About the
Exhibition
Explore the exceptional career of Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), one of the most influential artists of modern times.
With over 40 works, including some rarely seen in the UK, such as Lair (1962) and The Couple (2007-2009). Louise Bourgeois: Nature Study demonstrates Bourgeois’ versatility, as well as the enduring emotive power of her art.
The exhibition brings together works on paper, paintings, textile pieces and sculptures made across the artist’s seven-decade long career, from a rare early painting, made in the 1940s, to examples of her iconic bronze Spider sculptures from the 1990s, and À l’Infini, a series of monumental works on paper that envelop and immerse the viewer, made during the final years of Bourgeois’ life. Spreading seamlessly from the galleries into the landscape, the exhibition will explore important themes within Bourgeois’ work including cycles of time and nature, landscape as a metaphor for the mind and body, and the importance of memory.
![Louise Bourgeois Nature Study © Compton Verney, photography by Jamie Woodley (2) An art gallery exhibition with abstract paintings and sculptures. There are four framed abstract paintings with red and pink shapes on the walls. In the centre is a white cone-shaped sculpture on a pedestal. A person in a white shirt is viewing the artwork.](https://images.comptonverney.org.uk/uploads/2024/05/Louise-Bourgeois-Nature-Study--Compton-Verney-photography-by-Jamie-Woodley-2.jpg?fit=300%2C300)
![Louise Bourgeois Nature Study © Compton Verney, photography by Jamie Woodley (40) An art gallery space with white walls and a wooden floor. On the left wall, there's a series of framed artworks displayed in a horizontal line. These pieces appear to be abstract, with some showing geometric patterns and others featuring more fluid designs in various colours like blue, red, and grey. On the right wall, there's a grid of 12 framed artworks, predominantly featuring spiral and circular patterns in red, black, and blue.](https://images.comptonverney.org.uk/uploads/2024/05/Louise-Bourgeois-Nature-Study--Compton-Verney-photography-by-Jamie-Woodley-40.jpg?fit=300%2C300)
![Louise Bourgeois Nature Study © Compton Verney, photography by Jamie Woodley (38) A long horizontal display of framed artworks. The series begins with a piece titled](https://images.comptonverney.org.uk/uploads/2024/05/Louise-Bourgeois-Nature-Study--Compton-Verney-photography-by-Jamie-Woodley-38.jpg?fit=300%2C300)
![Louise Bourgeois Nature Study © Compton Verney, photography by Jamie Woodley (52) A close-up view of a grid of 12 framed artworks. The pieces are arranged in a 3x4 grid and showcase various spiral, circular, and curved line patterns. The colours are primarily red, black, and white, with one blue spiral design. Each artwork is individually framed in a light-coloured wood frame.](https://images.comptonverney.org.uk/uploads/2024/05/Louise-Bourgeois-Nature-Study--Compton-Verney-photography-by-Jamie-Woodley-52.jpg?fit=300%2C300)
![Louise Bourgeois Nature Study © Compton Verney, photography by Jamie Woodley (58) An installation of dresses, lingerie and fabric pieces in pastel colours hanging from the metal armature. The installation takes up most of the gallery space. There are other art works on the walls.](https://images.comptonverney.org.uk/uploads/2024/05/Louise-Bourgeois-Nature-Study--Compton-Verney-photography-by-Jamie-Woodley-58.jpg?fit=300%2C300)
Louise Bourgeois Gallery
Presented in collaboration with ARTIST ROOMS and The Easton Foundation, New York. The exhibition features important loans from The Easton Foundation alongside a remarkable body of her work from ARTIST ROOMS, the national collection jointly owned by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland.
![ArtistRooms_Aug2023_LogoblockSingleLine_Blk Logos for ARTIST ROOMS, National Galleries Scotland, Tate, Art Fund, Henry Moore Foundation, Arts Council England and Creative Scotland](https://images.comptonverney.org.uk/uploads/2024/05/ArtistRooms_Aug2023_LogoblockSingleLine_Blk.png)
![LES-FLEURS-2009-Photo-Christopher-Burke--The-Easton-FoundationLicensed-by-DACS-UK-2-scaled-aspect-ratio-2-1 A grid of nine panels depicting abstract, branching forms in shades of pink and red, resembling floral or organic shapes.](https://images.comptonverney.org.uk/uploads/2024/07/LES-FLEURS-2009-Photo-Christopher-Burke-The-Easton-FoundationLicensed-by-DACS-UK-2-scaled-aspect-ratio-2-1.jpeg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
CURATOR TOUR AND TEA
louise Bourgeois: Nature study
Tue 10 Sep 2024
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Louise Bourgeois:
Film screening and curator tour
Fri 6 Sep 2024
![This image shows a woman with a white board, pad and pen that shows a skilled drawing of a bird and the word 'welcome'. She is in an art gallery with similar drawings to the one she has done herself. She is looking at us, smiling, giving a welcoming impression.](https://images.comptonverney.org.uk/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6052-1.jpeg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Louise Bourgeois
Mixed Media Workshop
Wed 7 Aug 2024
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The Magic Power
of the Needle:
A Louise Bourgeois inspired Textile Workshop
Thu 3 – Fri 4 Oct 2024
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Sculpture
in the
park
Until Sun 2 May 2027