Nancy Spero: Torture of Women

by Nancy Spero (Artist), Diana Nemiroff (Contributor), Luisa Valenzuela (Contributor)

Torture of Women , Spero's epic, 14 panels, 125-foot-long collage work, fuses startling imagery from ancient mythology with hand-printed and typewritten first-person testimonies of abuse--from ancient times through the present. This unique volume zooms in, translating the work into nearly 100 pages of detailed, legible reproductions.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

156 pages, Hardcover

First published April 30, 2010

Reviews

[Ms. Online]

Using reports from sources such as Amnesty international, the late feminist artist nancy Spero created the haunting, 125-foot scroll-like “Torture of Women” in 1976. Here, the artwork is remembered in beautiful details.