"For us, the idea of having a work that has contradictions is very important—when, in affirming something, it includes itself and attacks itself. How can you put together all of these things that have nothing to do with each other? You use glue! Glue can be an idea, a word. You can use an ideological glue."
"Maypole / Take No Prisoners" (2007)
"Maypole / Take No Prisoners," 2007
Handprinting on aluminum, ribbon, steel chain, and aluminum pole with steel base 35 x 30 x 30 feet. Installation at the Venice Biennale, 2007. Photo by: Giovanni Pancino.
© Nancy Spero, courtesy the artist and Galerie Lelong, New York.
Handprinting on aluminum, ribbon, steel chain, and aluminum pole with steel base 35 x 30 x 30 feet. Installation at the Venice Biennale, 2007. Photo by: Giovanni Pancino.
© Nancy Spero, courtesy the artist and Galerie Lelong, New York.
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