Jean-Louis Bourgeois
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Jean-Louis Bourgeois is an author and the son of artist Louise Bourgeois
and art historian Robert Goldwater
. He is the author of the volume "The spectacular vernacular: the adobe tradition" (with photographs taken by his late wife Carollee Pelos) which established him as one of the foremost experts in the world on the subject. He owns a home in Djenne
, Mali
and has actively been involved in conservation efforts in this locale including the preservation of the world's largest adobe structure the Great Mosque of Djenne
therein http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/mali/djenne-project-mali-jean-louis-bourgeois-coordinator and has also written on the subject http://www.jstor.org/pss/3336477?cookieSet=1. Bourgeois has been adopted by the reigning King of Djenne as a son. He appeared in the biopic on his mother Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress, and the Tangerine
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386654/.
Louise Bourgeois
Louise Joséphine Bourgeois , was a renowned French-American artist and sculptor, best known for her contributions to both modern and contemporary art, and for her spider structures, titled Maman, which resulted in her being nicknamed the Spiderwoman...
and art historian Robert Goldwater
Robert Goldwater
Robert Goldwater was an art historian, African arts scholar and the first director of the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, from 1957 to 1973. He was married to the late French-born American artist and sculptor Louise Bourgeois.Born in New York City, Goldwater received his BA in 1929 from...
. He is the author of the volume "The spectacular vernacular: the adobe tradition" (with photographs taken by his late wife Carollee Pelos) which established him as one of the foremost experts in the world on the subject. He owns a home in Djenne
Djenné
Djenné is an Urban Commune and town in the Inland Niger Delta region of central Mali. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 32,944. Administratively it is part of the Mopti Region....
, Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
and has actively been involved in conservation efforts in this locale including the preservation of the world's largest adobe structure the Great Mosque of Djenne
Great Mosque of Djenné
The Great Mosque of Djenné is the largest mud brick or adobe building in the world and is considered by many architects to be the greatest achievement of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style, with definite Islamic influences. The mosque is located in the city of Djenné, Mali on the flood plain...
therein http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/mali/djenne-project-mali-jean-louis-bourgeois-coordinator and has also written on the subject http://www.jstor.org/pss/3336477?cookieSet=1. Bourgeois has been adopted by the reigning King of Djenne as a son. He appeared in the biopic on his mother Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress, and the Tangerine
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress, and the Tangerine
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine is a 2008 documentary film about artist and sculptor Louise Bourgeois directed by Marion Cajori and Amei Wallach and distributed by .-Synopsis:...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386654/.
External links
- The Spectacular Vernacular: The Adobe Tradition http://www.amazon.com/Spectacular-Vernacular-Tradition-Jean-Louis-Bourgeois/dp/0893816728
- In Mali http://www.goodwork7.org/walrus.pdf
- In " Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress, and the Tangerine" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386654/