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Nancy Spero : acts of rebellion

Title
Nancy Spero : acts of rebellion / authors, Tobias Burg [and five others] ; translations from the German, Ariane Kossack.
Publication
Göttingen, Germany : Edition Folkwang/Steidl, 2019.

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  • Spero, Nancy, 1926-2009
  • Burg, Tobias
  • Kossack, Ariane
  • Museum Folkwang Essen, host institution.
  • Nordiska akvarellmuseet, host institution.
  • Louisiana (Museum : Humlebæk, Denmark), host institution.
  • Lillehammer bys malerisamling, host institution.
Description
183 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 26 cm
Summary
"Based on key works from the artist's estate, public institutions and private collections, Acts of Rebellion surveys the output of Nancy Spero (1926-2009), one of the most original female artists of the second half of the 20th century, spanning more than four decades. Acts of Rebellion also sheds light on the postwar New York art scene and on Spero's role in particular, by allowing contemporary witnesses to speak. Combining collages, prints and paintings, Spero's oeuvre explores existential questions such as the relations between the sexes and the role of violence. For Spero, it was the human figure--and from 1974 onward, exclusively depictions of women--that served as her primary concerns. Using images ranging from ancient Egyptian and pre-Columbian representations of women to fashion advertising, she placed them in new contexts to raise questions concerning notions of femininity."--Publisher's description
Uniform Title
Nancy Spero. English
Alternative Title
Acts of rebellion
Subject
  • Spero, Nancy, 1926-2009 > Exhibitions
  • Spero, Nancy, 1926-2009 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Spero, Nancy, 1926-2009
  • 1900-1999
  • Women in art > Exhibitions
  • Feminism in art > Exhibitions
  • Violence in art > Exhibitions
  • Social problems in art > Exhibitions
  • Femmes dans l'art > Expositions
  • Féminisme dans l'art > Expositions
  • Violence dans l'art > Expositions
  • Problèmes sociaux dans l'art > Expositions
  • Women in art
  • Violence in art
  • Social problems in art
  • Prints, American
  • Painting, American
  • Feminism in art
  • Collage, American
Genre/Form
  • exhibition catalogs.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Catalogues d'exposition.
Note
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Museum Folkwang, Essen, June 7-August 25, 2019; Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, September 22, 2019-January 5, 2020; Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, January 23-April 26, 2020; Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer, May 23-September 6, 2020.
  • Translated from the German.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Acts of rebellion / Tobias Burg -- Dancing off the paper / Elsy Lahner -- Out of the darkness: Nancy Spero's early work / Nils Ohlsen -- War Series: a manifesto against the war / Antonina Krezdorn -- "That's the voice." Nancy Spero and Antonin Artaud / Tobias Burg -- "That just didn't exist back then" / Tobias Burg in conversation with Dotty Attie -- Nancy Spero: oppression of women / Astrid Ihle -- "Feeling marginalized sometimes gives you tremendous energy" / Tobias Burg in conversation with Kiki Smith -- Laughter and law: goddesses and dancers / Janeke Meyer Utne.
Call Number
N6537.S648
ISBN
  • 9783958296244
  • 3958296246
OCLC
  • on1126141954
  • 1126141954
  • SCSB-14341684
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries