Episode 74: Nancy Spero: Reconfiguring the Visual Presence of Women

Twentieth-century, American, feminist artist fearlessly breaks with artistic traditions of the female figure, compellingly experiments the narrative of women’s lives, their pain, both visible and invisible in installations and formats outside of the flat, framed rectangle or square hooked on the wall. Below are the images discussed and highlighted in the podcast episode.

“Torture of Women,” 1976

Nancy Spero, Panel III of Torture of Women (detail)
Below: Nancy Spero, Panel X of Torture of Women (detail)

Tomb of Ramose, “Funerary Procession–Wailing Women”

Nancy Spero, “Cri du Couer,” 2005 Image Credit: Art 21 https://art21.org