Nancy Spero

Tickner, Lisa; Bird, Jon. Nancy Spero. London, England: Institute of Contemporary Arts; Derry, Ireland: Orchard Gallery; Edinburgh, Scotland: Fruitmarket Gallery, 1987.

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Abstract (English)

Major retrospective of Spero's work dating from 1962. Essays by Tickner and Bird elaborate the sexual, cultural and psychoanalytic implications of the artist's graphic, carnivalesque imagery and use of text by drawing from a broad reservoir of intellectual sources: Kristeva, Derrida, Artaud, Cixous, Eagleton, etc. Biographical notes. Bibl. 3 p.

Types: Catalogues > Exhibition catalogues
All Contributors: Tickner, Lisa (Author); Bird, Jon (Author); Blazwick, Iwona (Prefacer); Francis, Mark (Prefacer); McGonagle, Declan (Prefacer)
Dossier: 420 - SPERO, NANCY
Collation: 71 p. : 52 ill. (24 col.) ; 27 cm
ISBN: 0905263510
Language of Publication: English
Publishers: London, England: Institute of Contemporary Arts; Derry, Ireland: Orchard Gallery; Edinburgh, Scotland: Fruitmarket Gallery
Artists: Spero, Nancy
Event Statement: Exhibition dates: 11 Mar. - 12 Sept. 1987, Institute of Contemporary Arts (London) ; Fruitmarket Gallery (Edinburgh) ; Orchard Gallery/ Foyle Arts Project (Derry).
Keywords: FEMINISM; TEXT; APPROPRIATION; COLLAGE; ART HISTORY; POSTSTRUCTURALISM; REVISIONISM
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Date Deposited: 29 Jul 1988
Last Modified: 13 Apr 2012 14:27
URI: http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/341
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