Exhibition: Louise Bourgeois

I guess I needn't emphasize that I'm a big admirer of Louise Bourgeois' art, and I had already visited the large retrospective of her work at the Tate Modern in London in 2007. Now we had the opportunity to see the "Structures of Existence: The Cells" exhibition of her work at the Munich Haus der Kunst, suppossedly assembling "the largest number of "Cells" presented to date".
And indeed, despite that there are also other works included to the exhibit, the most intriguing works are the Cells that take up most of the room. These are closed-in rooms, often with only one short opening to view into, which have various assemblages arranged inside. One is at times reminded of Edward and Nancy Kienholz' installations (which I admire as well), but Bourgeois' Cells are clearly meant as a series and have obvious psychoanalytic and autobiographical meaning. At times they may appear riddling, but they always have a strange, and at times disturbing surreal appeal.
Luckily, the exhibition was not overcrowded, so you could take your time enjoying the individual works.