If the fun and games from your Christmas crackers
aren’t up to scratch at Christmas lunch this year the late doyenne of
sculpture, Louise Bourgeois has a remedy. In an interview with the art critic
Waldemar Januszczak, the artist shares a childhood memory of the tradition at
family dinners chez Bourgeois when her Father would expect everyone around the
table to bring some kind of entertainment. The artist’s step-by-step
explanation of her Father’s party trick with a tangerine is utterly
captivating. Bourgeois describes it as a “certain kind of humour” – will you
dare to tango?
Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!
image detail taken at Waddesdon Manor, 2013
