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 join us, women artists, not we join it. When women are in leadership roles and gain rewards and recognition, then perhaps 'we' (women and men) can all work together in art world actions.
Interpretation
Nancy Spero emphasizes the need for women's active inclusion and leadership in the art world to create meaningful change.
In this quote, Nancy Spero highlights the ongoing struggle for women artists to gain equal recognition and influence within the art world. She argues that rather than having women fitting into an existing framework, the art community itself must adapt and be inclusive of women artists. Spero believes that true collaboration and progress can only occur when women are in leadership positions, ultimately leading to a more equitable environment for all artists, regardless of gender.
In practice
This quote can be shared at an art exhibition featuring women artists to emphasize the importance of their contributions.
My job as a performer is to make sure that whatever happens in a performance lives in somebody else, that it's memorable... If you forget tomorrow what you heard yesterday, there's really not much point in you having been there - or me, for that matter.
Making art is complicated because the categories are always changing. You just have to make your own art, and whatever categories it falls into will come later.
Some of what I consider my best work, and some of the best films that I've ever worked on, kind of disappear without a trace. There's no accounting for it. Something connects, or something doesn't.
It was as though we were a picture, trapped in time: this had been happening for hundreds of years, people sitting in a room, waiting for dinner, and listening to the blues.
Translation is not original creation - that is what one must remember. In translation, some loss is inevitable.
I want paint to work as flesh... my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them ... As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does.
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