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Artworks
Jo Spence
Remodelling Medical History: Being told I had cancer, 1982Three Vintage Gelatin Silver Prints, mounted and annotated by Spence.29.5 x 21 cms 11 9/16 x 8 4/16 insSeries: 2. The History Lesson: Self as Image, Also Known as Remodelling Photo History (1982-83)12108Further images
Provenance
Jo Spence Memorial Archive
Richard Saltoun Gallery, LondonExhibitions
Actually, the Dead Are Not Dead: Techniques of Becoming at Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, 16 October 2021 - 2 January 2022
Jo Spence : from Fairy Tales to Phototherapy. Photographs from the Hyman Collection, Arnolfini Bristol, (18th May 2020 - 20th June 2021) (this print)
Collaboration with Terry Dennett. Three vintage gelatin silver prints, collaged by the artist onto paper, with inscriptions by the artist. Inscribed by Spence: 'Being told I had cancer... which way...Collaboration with Terry Dennett.
Three vintage gelatin silver prints, collaged by the artist onto paper, with inscriptions by the artist.
Inscribed by Spence: "Being told I had cancer... which way to turn?"
Each photograph approx.: 12 x 9.5 cms
Sheet: 29.5 x 21 cms
The top photograph was taken just after Spence had received the news that she had cancer. The two lower were taken moments later use blurring to show double images of Spence's face: in the first she moves her head up and down to create two faces and in the second moves side to side. The resulting images are an appropriately disorientating accompaniment to the caption.
