Jean-Louis Bourgeois (Born 1940) is an author and the son of artist Louise Bourgeois and art historian Robert Goldwater. He is the author of the volume "The spectacular vernacular: the adobe tradition" (with photographs taken by his late wife Carollee Pelos) which established him as one of the foremost experts in the world on the subject. He owns a home in Djenne, Mali and has actively been involved in conservation efforts in this locale including the preservation of the world's largest adobe structure the Great Mosque of Djenne therein [1] and has also written on the subject [2]. Bourgeois has been adopted by the reigning King of Djenne as a son. He appeared in the biopic on his mother Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress, and the Tangerine [3].