a maypole in motion with anguished faces spinning around

Maypole-War

Nancy Spero
Medium
Print
Material
Digital print with hand lithography
Date created
2007
Acquisition
Donated by Marjorie Martay, 2019
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Maypole-War pictures the maypole in motion with anguished faces spinning around. Maypoles are traditionally used for dancing around and communal celebration. Spero suggests that war has become a public ritual, exposing its cyclical nature. When describing the horrors of past and present war Spero stated, “It’s absolutely the same, damn it.”