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Rooted in the anatomical form of a woman\u2019s body, Spero\u2019s work employs a hieroglyphic-like language to further a narrative of women as protagonists both in their own lives and artistic representations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Taking inspiration from the female bodies found in mass media, television, and consumer ads, Spero inserts these symbols into <i>Carnival II<\/i>. Here, her figures exemplify an agency over their own form whether through unashamed birthing, fierce posture, or unrestrained dance. Rejecting the ideal conventions of femininity, the artist employs \u201cwar-torn and bloody\u201d colors and strokes to portray female bodies with depth. Spero regains control of narratives such as birth and motherhood to portray the real experiences of modern women, therefore altering the evolution of these narratives in chronology.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Details<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-797\" style=\"width: 117px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-797 \" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-30-at-12.41.39-PM-e1608275074461-82x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"214\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strong Posture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_795\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-795\" style=\"width: 166px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-795 \" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-30-at-12.41.52-PM-e1608275034657-117x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"213\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-796\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-30-at-12.41.44-PM-e1608275052881-150x112.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-798 \" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-30-at-12.41.59-PM-e1608275210345-122x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-321","te_announcements","type-te_announcements","status-publish","hentry"],"announcement_date":"Announcement Date: November 30, 2000","announcement_image":{"iframe":false,"url":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/487\/2020\/11\/spero-carnival-bcma-e1608173841970.jpg"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Carnival II - REPRESENTATION AND OWNERSHIP OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/art-history-2560-fall-2020-female-pregnancy\/announcement\/nancy-spero\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Carnival II - REPRESENTATION AND OWNERSHIP OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nancy Spero, Carnival II, 2000, 95 \u00bc x 19 in., mixed media\/print, Bowdoin College Museum of Art. 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