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An original and valuable intervention in the fast-growing field of feminist and new art histories, "Nancy Spero, Encounters" offers a sophisticated interpretation of the work of a highly original and under-represented woman artist. The study proposes a new model of comparatism within the field of visual studies, mirroring and complementing Spero's dialogic manner of working. Basing her analyses on extensive research and multiple face-to-face interviews with the artist, Joanna Walker examines how a selection of the artists and art forms Spero cited offer significant points of comparison with her work. Walker presents Spero's encounters with the art of Ana Mendieta; with the poetry of the American poet H.D.; with the dance of Isadora Duncan; and, turning the lens back on Spero as subject, with the portraits of the artist by Abe Frajndlich. Also included are transcripts of Walker's interviews with the artist, and a listing of the books contained in Spero's personal library which informed her practice. Not only does this book cast well-deserved light on an artist who spent most of her career on the margins of the mainstream - it reverses genealogies and revises the traditional remit of the art historical monograph through both its structure and content.

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Book category Books in English The arts History of art / art & design styles History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

• Full title: Nancy Spero, Encounters
• Author: Joanna S. Walker
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9781409420439
• ISBN: 1409420434
• ID: 04782526
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 734 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. December 2011

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