Name/Title
Nancy SperoEntry/Object ID
N9500.S66.S64Description
American artist Nancy Spero (b.1929) concentrates on the depiction of women: mythological women, movie women, tortured women. Inspired by classical and modern sources, she collages and imprints her contemporary goddesses on to long, papyrus-like friezes that scroll around museum walls. Her subject matter, which has ranged from the writings of Artaud to the Vietnam War, mirrors her life. Working in Paris in the cultural ferment of the 1960s, she moved to New York in the 1970s to co-establish the feminist gallery A.I.R. and to join with artists and critics such as Leon Golub, Robert Morris and Lucy R Lippard in forming the Art Workers' Coalition. Since the 1980s she has attracted international acclaim, her exquisite works giving form to feminist issues and new critical discourses.Collection
Carol Westfall CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
artist monographs, carol westfall collectionBook Details
Author
Jon Bird, Jo Anna Isaak, Sylvère LotringerPublisher
PhaidonDate Published
1996Call No.
N9500.S66.S64ISBN
714833401, 9780714833408LCCN
97174970Notes
Length: 160