Nancy Spero: Se Tornando uma Artista | Art21 "Exclusive"

Episode #007: Photographs of Nancy Spero from the 1960s to 2000.

A pioneer of feminist art, Nancy Spero's work since the 1960s is an unapologetic statement against the pervasive abuse of power, Western privilege, and male dominance. Executed with a raw intensity on paper and in ephemeral installations, her work often draws its imagery and subject matter from current and historical events such as the torture of women in Nicaragua, the Holocaust, and the atrocities of the Vietnam War.

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LEARN: Nancy Spero is featured in the Season 4 (2007) episode Protest of the Art:21—Art in the Twenty-First Century television series on PBS.

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Learn more about Nancy Spero: http://www.art21.org/artists/nancy-spero

VIDEO | Producer: Susan Sollins & Nick Ravich. Sound: Merce Williams. Editor: Lizzie Donahue. Artwork courtesy: Nancy Spero. Thanks: Samm Kunce.

Nancy Spero

Eu nunca me interessei em fazer nada mais

não gostei do Colégio

Não gostei da Universidade

mas AMEI a escola de Arte.

Foi então que decidi ser uma artista,

apenas para ir lá.

Mas eu estava meio preocupada em ser artista

essa era... a unica coisa que eu me sentia capaz de fazer era desenhar e pintar

e era a unica coisa que eu queria fazer

mas por alguma razão, acho que senti que isso era inútil para a sociedade.