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Otherworlds : the art of Nancy Spero and Kiki Smith / edited by Jon Bird.
LIBRA ND237.S645 O74 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spero, Nancy, 1926-2009--Criticism and interpretation.
- Spero, Nancy.
- Spero, Nancy, 1926-2009.
- Smith, Kiki, 1954-.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Smith, Kiki, 1954---Criticism and interpretation.
- Smith, Kiki.
- Art, American--20th century.
- Art, American.
- Physical Description:
- 189 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion, 2003.
- Summary:
- "Otherworlds" brings together the work of two American artists from different generations -- Nancy Spero and Kiki Smith. The book explores thematic connections in their work -- the female body, myth and fantasy, the "decorative" and situates them in the context of post-War American art and social movements, and feminist and cultural theory.
- Both artists reclaim the female body as an expressive vehicle of emancipation and desire, and both employ fantasy and decoration to subversive ends. Spero's work explores the potential recording of space and architecture through a visual poetics of word and image. Kiki Smith treats the body in/as process, creating iconic female figures that threaten to revert to a fluid or skeletal state.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172).
- ISBN:
- 1861891881
- OCLC:
- 52993004
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