/internal/media/dispatcher/164535/fullSheela and Wilma1985[Nancy Spero]Nancy Spero Handprinted collage on paper In her artistic practice, Nancy Spero repeatedly reflects on the struggles and demands of women throughout human history. In a series of works, she draws on a visual universe she has assembled, which includes mythological motifs and religious icons as well as media imagery from the second half of the twentieth century. Among these are images of deities, dancers, and models, as well as the wounded and the dying. From the early 1980s onward, Spero became deeply engaged with the figures Sheela-na-gig and Wilma- one a Celtic goddess, the other a prehistoric African motif- both of which symbolize motherhood and fertility but also destruction. Spero understands them as hieroglyphs that visually convey complex roles, realities, and attributions associated with womanhood. On a friezelike horizontal band, Sheela and Wilma meet in a timeless encounter.Print© Bildrecht, Wien 2026https://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/107037/rdf