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1926 Cleveland, Ohio - 2009 Manhattan, New York. Known for: Female symbolism, modernist caligraphy, collage.
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings... Read full biography
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings in a December 2005 gallery exhibition, Cri du Coeur, in Chelsea, because it closely followed the... Read full biography
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings in a December 2005 gallery exhibition, Cri du Coeur, in Chelsea, because it closely followed the death of her long-time husband, Leon Golub. The exhibition showcased her "ability to combine hand-painted color with silk-screened images. The color starts out light and shifts to increasingly toxic... Read full biography
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings in a December 2005 gallery exhibition, Cri du Coeur, in Chelsea, because it closely followed the death of her long-time husband, Leon Golub. The exhibition showcased her "ability to combine hand-painted color with silk-screened images. The color starts out light and shifts to increasingly toxic tones of red, brown, blue and black, shadowing, overtaking and obliterating the figures while also evoking earth, blood, smoke and sorrow." (Smith). She trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and began in the 1960s as a figurative abstract artist with a... Read full biography
A non-traditional, revolutionary artist, Nancy Spero focuses her art work on challenging questions about women as artists and women as women. This subject seemed especially poignant in her paintings in a December 2005 gallery exhibition, Cri du Coeur, in Chelsea, because it closely followed the death of her long-time husband, Leon Golub. The exhibition showcased her "ability to combine hand-painted color with silk-screened images. The color starts out light and shifts to increasingly toxic tones of red, brown, blue and black, shadowing, overtaking and obliterating the figures while also evoking earth, blood, smoke and sorrow." (Smith). She trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and began in the 1960s as a figurative abstract artist with a political bent. She worked on paper rather than canvas as a symbol of rebelling against th... Read full biography
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- Spero's CryMay 2006McEvilley, ThomasArt in America
- ReviewsFebruary 2006EditorsARTFORUM
- Graphic Art in the Summer of DisconOctober 2004Hirsch, FayeArt in America
- Fall 2004 PreviewSeptember 2004Editors, ArtforumARTFORUM
- ReviewsMarch 2004Editors, ARTnewsARTnews
- New Art BooksMarch 2004Steiner, Raymond JArt Times
- ReviewsFebruary 2004Editors, ArtforumARTFORUM
- Feminism at 40May 2003Lovelace, CareyArt in America
- Review of ExhibitionsSeptember 2002Editors, Art in AmericaArt in America
- ReviewsApril 2002Editors, Art ForumARTFORUM
- Dynamics of the Artist-Dealer RelatApril 2001Grant, DanielAmerican Artist
- Art Around the HubJune 1999BuskirkArt in America
- Where the Wild Things WereMay 1997Vine, RichardArt in America
- Site SpecificsApril 1997Landi, AnnARTnews