- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- New Trier High School
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
Nancy Spero developed a fiercely political practice using hand-printing, collage and repeated female figures to address war, violence, mythology and feminist history. She rejected large heroic painting in favor of long paper scrolls and wall installations.
Painting; print; installation
Artist Films
Nancy Spero in "Protest" - Season 4 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
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Major Works
- 1966–70The War Series
- 1976Torture of Women
- 1979Notes in Time on Women
- 1981The First Language
- 1971–72Codex Artaud
- 2007Maypole: Take No Prisoners
- 2002Azur
- 2005Cri du Coeur
- 1994Black and the Red III
- 1990sWoman as Protagonist
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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