You can create art out of almost everything. But producing art out of trauma is a phenomenal ability.
A gallery in the British capital London has staged over 40 artworks by 2 prominent artists from France and Japan.
Louise Bourgeois and Yayoi Kusama both had psychological difficulties in life and underwent treatments for their conditions. But for both artists a means of getting over those traumas was to produce art and create things.
They tried to overcome and master their fears and traumas through the act of creation.
The exhibit’s co-curator Marina Ruiz Colomer says there are similarities in the works of the 2 artists.
Colomer added that both artists had a feminine discourse in their works of art.
They were both profoundly affected by war, for Bourgeois the First World War, and for Kusama the Second.
Both were underappreciated back in 50’s and 60’s, but are now credited for empowering a wave of contemporary female artists.
Bourgeois died at the age of 98 in 2010, while the 87-year-old Kusama still continues her artistic activities.