#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.’

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

Edition 2 of 2 plus 1 Estate Copy

Jo Spence（1934 - 1992）

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