The utilitarian décor is in keeping with Bourgeois’s pragmatic nature...She was always interested in architectural spaces, and the rooms of 347 West 20th Street can be compared to her other artistic creations — NYT
Arthur Lubow highlights the work of the Easton Foundation, a non-profit started by the artist Louise Bourgeois. Begining this summer, the house will be accessible to the public, through tours arranged on the foundation’s website, theeastonfoundation.org. It is being maintained as closely as possible to the way it looked during its owner’s lifetime.
On a related note, check out the discussion regarding Experimental preservation and architectural authorship with Jorge Otero-Pailos, from Archinect Sessions #47
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House/museum scenarios seen/heard on archinect:
1- Here- the home next to the home of a famous artist is transformed into a museum and the home of significance becomes a mausoleum of sorts, commemorating how the person worked in the space.
2- Owner wills the house to a museum and remains in residence, becoming a part of the spectacle of the house and also making it into a living museum. Or someone is charge with living in the house to keep it alive, their lives becoming part of the spectacle.
3- Let the market and the neighborhood determine the fate (and here).
It seems to me that they all come back to this theme of how to memorialize something such a personal act as dwelling in a space.
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