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Nancy SperoArt Against Apartheid, Year of the South African Woman Hand Signed Lt. Ed. print1984
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Nancy Spero
Art Against Apartheid, 1984
Limited Edition Giclee Print
33 1/10 × 23 1/5 inches
Edition of 30
Hand signed and dated on the front by Nancy Spero; unnumbered from the limited edition of only 30
Unframed
Provenance: Acquired from the ICA at Frieze Masters Art Fair, London
Amnesty International in Collaboration with the Archdiocese of South Africa for Artists Against Apartheid, NYC
Historic and desirable limited edition pencil signed print. This edition was produced by Nancy Spero to accompany an exhibition of political posters that was organized by the Archdiocese of South Africa alongside Amnesty International, as well as political prisoner of the South African Apartheid and activist, Dennis Brutus (who was the South African Poet Laureate at the time), and Artists Against Death, an activist artist group calling for the end of the death penalty in America. Held at Robben Island, the exhibition was developed in order to draw attention to, and escalate a call for, the halt of the execution of death-row prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal of Philadelphia, USA, who was heralded as the 'voice of the voiceless' and was a leading critic of police brutality against violence. The exhibition went on to tour the USA and Europe, including a stage held at the ICA in London. This is a highly collectible vintage (1984) work that makes a great conversation piece and would look impressive in any socially conscious home or office. Fine provenance: Acquired at Frieze Masters Art Fair in London.
Spero’s often radical work made strong statements against war, male dominance and abuses of power, presenting compelling arguments for tolerance and a non-hierarchical society. The artist always viewed art as inseparable from life and, from this, developed a distinctive kind of political work. Polemical but symbolic, it combined drawing and painting as well as craft-based techniques like collage and printmaking, seldom associated with traditional Western notions of high art and mastery.
More about Nancy Spero:
Nancy Spero (August 24, 1926 – October 18, 2009) was an American visual artist. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Spero lived for much of her life in New York City. She married and collaborated with artist Leon Golub. As both artist and activist, Nancy Spero had a career that spanned fifty years. She is known for her continuous engagement with contemporary political, social, and cultural concerns. Spero chronicled wars and apocalyptic violence as well as articulating visions of ecstatic rebirth and the celebratory cycles of life. Her complex network of collective and individual voices was a catalyst for the creation of her figurative lexicon representing women from prehistory to the present in such epic-scale paintings and collage on paper as Torture of Women (1976), Notes in Time on Women (1979) and The First Language (1981). In 2010, Notes in Time was posthumously reanimated as a digital scroll in the online magazine Triple Canopy. Spero has had a number of retrospective exhibitions at major museums.
- Creator:Nancy Spero (1926 - 2009, American)
- Creation Year:1984
- Dimensions:Height: 33.1 in (84.08 cm)Width: 23.2 in (58.93 cm)
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- Condition:unframed; in fine condition.
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1745216161902
Nancy Spero
Nancy Spero (August 24, 1926 – October 18, 2009) was an American visual artist. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Spero lived for much of her life in New York City. She married and collaborated with artist Leon Golub. As both artist and activist, Nancy Spero had a career that spanned fifty years. She is known for her continuous engagement with contemporary political, social, and cultural concerns. Spero chronicled wars and apocalyptic violence as well as articulating visions of ecstatic rebirth and the celebratory cycles of life. Her complex network of collective and individual voices was a catalyst for the creation of her figurative lexicon representing women from prehistory to the present in such epic-scale paintings and collage on paper as Torture of Women (1976), Notes in Time on Women (1979) and The First Language (1981). In 2010, Notes in Time was posthumously reanimated as a digital scroll in the online magazine Triple Canopy. Spero has had a number of retrospective exhibitions at major museums.
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