Photo Therapy: Infantilization
1984
Photo Therapy: Infantilization
1984
When Jo Spence learned she had breast cancer, she used photography as a therapy.
Beginning in the early 1970s, Spence developed her committed and feminist work in which she tackled the notions of gender, social class and self-representation. ln 1982 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The illness and its associated issues would become the subject of many photographs. ln the Photo-Therapy series, made with the artist Rosy Martin, she questions her relationship with her mother, acting the part of her mother or replaying her own role as a little girl. The title also reveals that photography is a companion that helps her to get through the disease and defend herself better against it.
| Domain | Photo |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Epreuve chromogène |
| Dimensions | 30,5 x 25,3 cm |
| Acquisition | Don du CHANEL Fund for Women in the Arts and Culture - Amis du Centre Pompidou, 2019 |
| Inventory no. | AM 2020-231 (1) |
| Is part of the set |
Photo Therapy Série (Dissociable set of artworks) |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Jo Spence
(1934, Royaume-uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du nord - 1992, Royaume-uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du nord) | |
|---|---|---|
| Main title | Photo Therapy: Infantilization | |
| Creation date | 1984 | |
| Is part of the set | Photo Therapy Série (Dissociable set of artworks) | |
| With | En collaboration avec Rosy Martin | |
| Domain | Photo | |
| Techniques | Epreuve chromogène | |
| Dimensions | 30,5 x 25,3 cm | |
| Printing | 1/15 | |
| Acquisition | Don du CHANEL Fund for Women in the Arts and Culture - Amis du Centre Pompidou, 2019 | |
| Collection area | Cabinet de la photographie | |
| Inventory no. | AM 2020-231 (1) |
Bibliography
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