Book Description
Galvanized by the political events of the Vietnam War, Nancy Spero dedicated herself for five years to creating a group of gouache paintings on paper, entitled The War Series. In these works, Spero not only expressed her rage at the violence and oppression of the war, but also introduced many of the images and themes that would continue to find their place in her work, and anticipated the post-modern aesthetic of fracture, dissonance, and collage. This volume is the first to analyze The War Series in depth, and its publication could not, unfortunately, be more timely. Essays by Leon Golub and Robert Storr. Hardcover, 8.25 x 10.5 in./64 pgs / 34 color and 9 b & w.
Nancy Spero: The War Series 1966-1970 FROM THE PUBLISHER
Galvanized by the political events of the Vietnam War, Nancy Spero dedicated herself for five years to creating a group of gouache paintings on paper, entitled The War Series. In these works, Spero not only expressed her rage at the violence and oppression of the war, but also introduced many of the images and themes that would continue to find their place in her work, and anticipated the post-modern aesthetic of fracture, dissonance, and collage. This volume is the first to analyze The War Series in depth, and its publication could not, unfortunately, be more timely.
ACCREDITATION
Nancy Spero was born in 1926 in Cleveland. Solo exhibitions of her work have been mounted regularly since 1951 around the world, including at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Centre Georges Pompidou. In 1996, she was awarded the Hiroshima Art Prize with husband Leon Golub. She has lived in New York since 1964.
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