The artwork titled “No Exit” was created by the artist Louise Bourgeois in 1989 in the United States. This installation piece belongs to the Confessional Art movement.
The artwork features a set of rustic, weathered wooden stairs leading upwards to a doorless enclosure, suggesting a sense of confinement or entrapment. On either side of the base of the staircase, there are two large, coarse, spherical objects. The stark and aged appearance of the raw materials used adds to the atmosphere of austerity and introspection, compelling viewers to ponder the themes of escape, isolation, and the human condition. The simplicity in the composition emphasizes the emotional and psychological depth characteristic of Confessional Art.
