When I showed ‘Black and the Red III’ in Malmö, Sweden, it was a continuum - a band - all around the galleryseeing this huge space in the gallery in Malmö, I just took a deep breath and I put the paper around in a single band. Then I continued along, printing on the wall like a trompe l’oeil to reiterate the images in the work printed on paper that I had push-pinned to the wall. I literally took the rhythm and the images from ‘Black and the Red III’ and continued that on the wall.
I suppose I felt doomed to be an artist early on because of the way I drew all over the books that I needed for school, from ancient history to math.… - Nancy Spero
I suppose I felt doomed to be an artist early on because of the way I drew all over the books that I needed for school, from ancient history to math.…
- Nancy Spero
When I showed ‘Black and the Red III’ in Malmö, Sweden, it was a continuum - a band - all around the galleryseeing this huge space in the gallery in … - Nancy Spero
When I showed ‘Black and the Red III’ in Malmö, Sweden, it was a continuum - a band - all around the galleryseeing this huge space in the gallery in …
An artist's job is to articulate what might otherwise be incoherent. - Nancy Spero
An artist's job is to articulate what might otherwise be incoherent.
I've always sought to express a tension in form and meaning in order to achieve a veracity. I have come to the conclusion that the art world has to j… - Nancy Spero
I've always sought to express a tension in form and meaning in order to achieve a veracity. I have come to the conclusion that the art world has to j…
I never thought of my work in terms of being radical, although I tried to make it radical- that is, to shift the premise of what goes for pictures on… - Nancy Spero
I never thought of my work in terms of being radical, although I tried to make it radical- that is, to shift the premise of what goes for pictures on…
I guess maybe my art can be said to be a protest. I see things a certain way, and as an artist I’m privileged in that arena to protest or say publicl… - Nancy Spero
I guess maybe my art can be said to be a protest. I see things a certain way, and as an artist I’m privileged in that arena to protest or say publicl…
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