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Sotheby's brought together the works from private collections and art foundations to stage what's claimed to be the first-joint exhibit of Bourgeois and Kusama's works.\"Both had psychological difficulties, they each underwent some treatment for their psychological conditions throughout their lives,\" explains co-curator Emma Barker.\"Bourgeois was in psycho analysis for 30 years. Kusama also had a diagnosis of hallucinosis, so she would see these visions of spots that used to encompass her vision and she felt very de-personalised for this. \"And, for both artists a means of getting over these traumas was to produce art and was to make things and to try and overcome and master their fears and traumas through the act of creation.\"The two artists were both profoundly affected by war, for Bourgeois the First World War, for Kusama the Second World War.Both artists used their platform to explore wider issues, such as gender and sexuality.According to Baker, they also had similar experiences when leaving their native country to pursue artistic careers in New York.\"Bourgeois moved to New York in 1938 and Kusama would move 20 years later in 1958, so 20 years apart, but it had an incredible impact on their work and they both responded to the idea of being exiled from their homeland and how they dealt with that trauma,\" she says.\"But then exile also comes into play with the art worlds that they were entering. So, as female artists working in New York, it was very prevalent that they were in these very male dominated art worlds and they were each trying to break into the very maschismic art worlds that excluded them and saw them as outsiders.\"In many ways, the artists' works don't look too similar.Bourgeois is famed for her spider sculptures and large-scale 'cell' installations, Kusama is known for these obsessive, densely-patterned polka dot paintings.But co-curator Marina Ruiz Colomer says there's still plenty of similarities.\"There are these very obsessive gestures that both artists were doing, they might not look exactly the same but we have very repetitive forms in both artists' works,\" she says.\"We have these kind of protrusions and these phallic forms that come throughout their oeuvre. And there are motifs that do repeat themselves, they might not be the same motifs, but they do repeat themselves in both artists' works. \"They're both dealing with the body and organic forms so there are similarities.\"While Bourgeois died at the age of 98 in 2010, 87-year-old Kusama is still making art to this day.Both are credited for empowering a wave of contemporary female artists.\"They were important artists in their own right, but they are very important woman artists and that is something that is interesting to remind ourselves of, they are dealing with what it is to be a woman artist, they are dealing with what it is to be a woman in general,\" says Ruiz Colomer.Kusama recently opened a career-defining exhibit in Tokyo, works by Bourgeois are featured in the latest expansion of London's Tate Modern.Baker says it's all part of a re-evaluation of both their work.\"For them, coming to maturity during the 1950s, 60s, 70s, they were really under appreciated at the time,\" she says.\"Their male counterparts had all of this international acclaim but for both of the artists, Bourgeois and Kusama, it came very late. \"So, they didn't achieve the acclaim of their male counterparts until much later, so the 1980s, the 1990s. \"So, I think it's just a general re-evaluation of the bias of art history and the divide between male and female that we see coming to light now in the art historical dialogue.\"'Traumata: Bourgeois/Kusama' runs 23 February - 13 April at London's S2 Gallery.London, UK - 22 February 20171. Wide of 'Lair' by Louis Bourgeois (left) and 'Accretions' by Yayoi Kusama at new 'Traumata' in Sotheby's S2 art gallery2. Tilt down of 'Lair' by Louis Bourgeois 3. Various of 'Accretions' by Yayoi Kusama 4. Pan right of various works by Bourgeois and Kusama on display5. Various of 'Town' by Yayoi Kusama6. SOUNDBITE (English) Emma Baker, Exhibit Co-Curator:\"Both had psychological difficulties, they each underwent some treatment for their psychological conditions throughout their lives, Bourgeois was in psycho analysis for 30 years. Kusama also had a diagnosis of hallucinosis, so she would see these visions of spots that used to encompass her vision and she felt very de-personalised for this. And, for both artists a means of getting over these traumas was to produce art and was to make things and to try and overcome and master their fears and traumas through the act of creation.\"7. Pan right to 'Infinity Nets' by Yayoi Kusama8. Pull focus of 'Infinity Nets' by Yayoi Kusama9. Various of 'Untitled' by Louise Bourgeois10. Various of 'Wind Running Between Clouds' by Yayoi Kusama11. SOUNDBITE (English) Emma Baker, Exhibit Co-Curator:\"Bourgeois moved to New York in 1938 and Kusama would move 20 years later in 1958, so 20 years apart, but it had an incredible impact on their work and they both responded to the idea of being exiled from their homeland and how they dealt with that trauma. But then exile also comes into play with the art worlds that they were entering. So, as female artists working in New York, it was very prevalent that they were in these very male dominated art worlds and they were each trying to break into the very maschismic art worlds that excluded them and saw them as outsiders.\"12. Various of 'Infinity Nets (GKT)' by Yayoi Kusama13. Various of 'Spider' by Louise Bourgeois14. Wide of various works by Bourgeois and Kusama on display15. Various of 'Increment in the Spring' by Yayoi Kusama16. SOUNDBITE (English) Marina Ruiz Colomer, Exhibit Co-Curator:\"There are these very obsessive gestures that both artists were doing, they might not look exactly the same but we have very repetitive forms in both artists' works. We have these kind of protrusions and these phallic forms that come throughout their oeuvre. And there are motifs that do repeat themselves, they might not be the same motifs, but they do repeat themselves in both artists' works. They're both dealing with the body and organic forms so there are similarities.\"17. Wide of various works by Bourgeois and Kusama on display18. Various of 'Untitled Chair' by Yayoi Kusama19. Various of 'Hat' by Yayoi Kusama20. Wide of various works by Bourgeois21. Pan right of 'Untitled (The Wedges)' by Louise Bourgeois22. Tilt down of 'Untitled' by Louise Bourgeois23. SOUNDBITE (English) Marina Ruiz Colomer, Exhibit Co-Curator:\"They were important artists in their own right, but they are very important woman artists and that is something that is interesting to remind ourselves of, they are dealing with what it is to be a woman artist, they are dealing with what it is to be a woman in general. In the 30s and 40s especially, and then the 50s and 60s - at different times - but yes they have a feminine discourse.\"24. Wide of 'Infinity Nets' by Yayoi Kusama (left) and 'Untitled' by Louise Bourgeois (right)25. Pull focus of 'Infinity Nets' by Yayoi Kusama 26. Various of 'Untitled' by Louise Bourgeois 27. SOUNDBITE (English) Emma Baker, Exhibit Co-Curator:\"For them, coming to maturity during the 195s, 60s, 70s, they were really under appreciated at the time. Their male counterparts had all of this international acclaim but for both of the artists, Bourgeois and Kusama, it came very late. So, they didn't achieve the acclaim of their male counterparts until much later, so the 1980s, the 1990s. So, I think it's just a general re-evaluation of the bias of art history and the divide between male and female that we see coming to light now in the art historical dialogue.\"28. Various of 'Captive Doll' by Yayoi Kusama 29. Various of 'Buds (A)' by Yayoi Kusama30. Pull focus of writing on wall, reading (English): 'Traumata. 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