SurfWax News Index  |  Track News  |  Save/Exchange Information |  About Us News and Articles on Nancy Spero Nancy Spero; feminist artist addressed political violence; at 83  Oct 24, 2009 Nancy Spero with her husband, painter Leon Golub, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1995 ... NEW YORK - Nancy Spero, an American artist and feminist whose tough, exquisite figurative art addressed the realities of political violence, died Sunday in Manhattan ... Kiki Smith, one of the many younger artists influenced by Ms. Spero, once said in an interview: When I first saw Nancy Spero s work, I thought: You are going to get killed making things like that; it s too vulnerable. (Boston Globe) Female artists, in their voices  Apr 4, 2009 The documentary looks in on the creative lives of five women of different generations: a young street artist identified only as Swoon, Egyptian-born painter Ghada Amer, sculptor Kiki Smith, Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic and painter Nancy Spero. All have in common that their careers took root in, and to some extent were in response to, New York. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment) Ciné Anniversary Film Festival schedule  Mar 27, 2009 Beatific sculptures by Kiki Smith give way to painted bloody phalluses by Nancy Spero. Ghada Amer responds to the repressive culture of her native Egypt with vast embroidered canvases of nakedly intertwined female figures. (Athens Banner-Herald) Back to Art News [ Terms Of Use | Privacy | About ] ©1998-2009 SurfWax, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents pending. Copyright SurfWax, Inc. 2009