Re-Birth of Venus, Nancy Spero
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‘Choosing her subject matter from the writings of Antonin Artaud, from grisly press reports of the persecution of political activists in the Third World, and from the mythic conflicts of the Gods, Spero strews her tableaux with episodes of extreme violence and anguish [...] her gesture is sharp and concise, her surfaces sore with abrasions, her colours a peculiar range of bruised ochres and black [...] Spero has rendered the fat of Expressionism and preserved the sinew and skin.’
Text by Robert Storr. Hardcover, first edition. Book in good condition other than a few minor scuffs and tears to the spine and corners. Ex-library copy, with 2 library stamps on the front and back pages. For that reason - reduced price. 1989.