#jo spence

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"Narratives of dis-ease" (1989) by Jo Spence

Feminist artist Jo Spence was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1982. She made a series of self-portraits documenting her battle with the disease until her death a decade later. The photographs expressed her physical and emotional state. Her doctor and collaborator Tim Sheard explained, ‘Spence is representing the honest emotions felt living in an unruly body that cannot conform to the pressures of female perfection expected and idealised in Western society.’

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Jo Spence (British, 1934-1992) and Terry Dennett (British, 1938-2018) 1981

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The Final Project [End Picture Floating]. Jo Spence, 1991-1992. Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, 2016

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Jo Spence, The Final Project [Various 6], 1991 - 1992

Set of 4 prints from 35mm black and white negatives

Each, image: 20 x 30.5 cm Each, overall: 30 x 41 cm

Edition 2 of 2 plus 1 Estate Copy

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Jo Spence（1934 - 1992）

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Description from V&A Museum:

Feminist artist and activist Jo Spence (1934-1992) explored themes of gender, class and self-identity with an interrogative and documentary-like approach.

Her series ‘Libido Uprising’ criticised the role of women being limited to either carrying out domestic chores or the object of sexual desire.

Spence's choice of fishnet tights and red high heels in this photograph are a clichéd costume of seduction, but the tube of the vacuum cleaner that coils around her leg evokes the image of a ball and chain, perhaps a nod to the long-standing reference to marriage as a shackle.

This photograph in particular conveys an image of female entrapment within the roles of housewife and seductress.

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