Nancy Spero: Becoming an Artist | 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.

SEE: More images, videos, and news for Nancy Spero.

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.

南斯 士佩路：成為一個藝術家

我想我是注定要成為一個藝術家的, 而且越來越喜歡

因為我想在書本上畫畫多於...

做功課。

我過去總是沒有興趣做任何事情

我不喜歡上中學，

我不喜歡上大學...,

但我卻愛上藝術學校。

因此，當我確定要成為一個藝術家，

就去做了。

但我又總是會憂慮當藝術家

這樣的，我想我唯一可以做的就是畫和塗

而且，那是我唯一想要做的

可是，為了某些不可理解的原因，我會聯想到那對社會沒有用處的。