Contemporary Art: Nancy Spero @ Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo Mexico City

 

(Drivebycuriosity) - Contemporary art is full of discoveries. My wife and I used our stay in Mexico City with a visit @ Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo. Their regular show was closed due to installations but they have a temporary exhibition with work by the late American artist Nancy Spero (through February 7, 2019museotamayo ).  I display here my favorites from the exhibition, a very subjective selection as usual.

The curators explains: "A first-generation feminist who sought social justice and equity for women, Spero’s art engages histories of woman as victim, goddess mythologies, and then, on deciding to view the world through solely representing women, woman as an active agent". Above a detail from "Dancing Totem" (1985).

Above details from "Female Symbols" (1981)

Above "La Renomée" (1994) followed by "The Birth of the Fatherland Spirit" (1997)

Above "Lovers IX" (1966r) followed by "Great Mother, Birth" (1962) ; "Nightmare Figures II" (1961) & "Scenes from the Mediterranean" (1963).

To be continued.