A Glossary of Terms or (Almost) an Artist’s Alphabet

Jon Bird

Nancy Spero and Kiki Smith both make cultural, religious, historical and artistic references in their work. This Glossary contains further information about these references, listed alphabetically below.

A

is for Artaud, Artemis and A.I.R (Artists in Residence):

B

is for Body:

C

is for Colour (and Catholicism):

D

is for the Decorative:

E

is for the Egyptian Book of the Dead:

F

is for Feminism:

G

is for the Goddess:

H

is for the Harpie:

I

is for Installation:

J

is for The Jew’s Whore:

L

is for Lilith and Lot’s Wife:

M

is for Myth, Marduk and Mary Magdalene:

N

is for Notes in Time on Women:

P

is for Printing:

R

is for Rapture:

S

is for Serpent and Sheela-na-gig:

T

is for Touch:

U

is for Uncanny:

W

is for World and (Other) Worlds

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