Innocence and experience: the art of Louise Bourgeois

Louise Bourgeois, undated photograph Photograph: Christopher Felver Photograph: Christopher Felver/guardian.co.uk Bourgeois pictured with her sculpture Eye to Eye (1970) Photograph: Guggenheim Museum Photograph: Guggenheim Museum/guardian.co.uk Arch of Hysteria (1993), one of Bourgeois's many bronze sculptures Photograph: Horacio Villalobos Photograph: Horacio Villalobos/guardian.co.uk Fragile Goddess (foreground), 1970 Photograph: Chris Gardner Photograph: Chris Gardner/guardian.co.uk A closeup view of Sublimation (2004) Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Another view of Sublimation (2002) Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian St Sebastienne (1992), one of Bourgeois's doll-like, dangerously vulnerable fabric works Photograph: Chris Gardner Photograph: Chris Gardner/guardian.co.uk Three Horizontals (1998) Photograph: Horacio Villalobos Photograph: Horacio Villalobos/guardian.co.uk Alongside sculpture and installation, Bourgeois contined drawing throughout her career. These are her Insomnia drawings (1994–95) Photograph: Frank Baron Photograph: Frank Baron/guardian.co.uk Be Calme, part of Sublimation (2002) Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Bourgeois was the first artist to fill Tate Modern's cavernous Turbine Hall in 2000. The work – entitled I Do, I Undo and I Redo – was composed of three towers, each some 9 metres high Photograph: Sean Smith Photograph: Sean Smith/guardian.co.uk The artist's fascination with the figure of the spider – endlessly fertile mother and sinister predator – made itself felt in numerous works. This is Maman (1999), an enormous sculpture that took up residence on the banks of the Thames in 2007 Photograph: Linda Nylind Photograph: Linda Nylind/guardian.co.uk Maman also crawled her way to a spot outside the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain Photograph: Alfredo Alday Photograph: Alfredo Alday/guardian.co.uk Je T'Aime (detail), 2005 Photograph: Christopher Burke Christopher Burke Christopher Burke Christopher Burke Bourgeois with her sculpture Baroque (1970) Photograph: Ted Thai/Getty Images