Nancy Spero : acts of rebellion / authors, Tobias Burg [and five others] ; translations from the German, Ariane Kossack.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spero, Nancy, 1926-2009, artist.

Burg, Tobias, writer of supplementary textual content.

Kossack, Ariane, translator.

Museum Folkwang Essen, host institution.

Nordiska akvarellmuseet, host institution.

Louisiana (Museum : Humlebæk, Denmark), host institution.

Lillehammer bys malerisamling, host institution.

Standardized Title:

Nancy Spero. English.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Spero, Nancy, 1926-2009--Exhibitions.

Spero, Nancy.

Spero, Nancy, 1926-2009--Criticism and interpretation.

Spero, Nancy, 1926-2009.

Women in art--Exhibitions.

Women in art.

Feminism in art--Exhibitions.

Feminism in art.

Violence in art--Exhibitions.

Violence in art.

Social problems in art--Exhibitions.

Social problems in art.

Prints, American.

Painting, American.

Collage, American.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

183 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Acts of rebellion

Place of Publication:

Göttingen, Germany : Edition Folkwang/Steidl, 2019.

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.

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.

Notes:

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.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum Folkwang, Essen, June 7 - August 25, 2019; Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, September 22, 2019 - January 5, 2020; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæl, January 23 - April 26, 2020; Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer, May 23 - September 6, 2020.

ISBN:

9783958296244

3958296246

OCLC:

1126141954