LOUISE BOURGEOIS
Hours of the Day, 2006
Suite of 25 natural cotton cloth panels printed with archival dyes
Each: 17 ¼ x 27 in. (44.5 x 68.6 cm)
Edition of 7, signed and numbered
Published by Carolina Nitsch
BOU-0139
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The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.

Themes of time and memory have been a consistent presence in the work of Louise Bourgeois, though her forms and materials have varied over the past seven decades; as she once stated ‘I travel in time, not in space’. Hours of the Day is a continuation of Bourgeois’ engagement with the passage of time. The installation comprises a series of printed individual fabric panels in which Bourgeois juxtaposes each hour with text written by her. Being a chronic sufferer of insomnia, Bourgeois is acutely aware of her sensations and surroundings, these only magnified during the long, lonely hours of the night.

The passing of time, her memories, the qualities of changing light and ambient sounds are registered in Hours of the Day coupled with her captivating words. The recall of memories is inherently conflicted for Bourgeois – the fear of losing her memories – as well as her desire to forget painful experiences to achieve a place of peace.

The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
The Hours of the Day is a chronological sequence of 24 page-spreads with text on one side and a sequential clock on the other. The text comes from Bourgeois’s daybooks, which she used for appointments and annotated with short texts and drawings.
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