Abstract

When interpreting works of art, there are many available le theoretical perspectives to which one can appeal. One factor that may influence the choice is what issues are present in the work on wishes to address. In discussing the artwork of Nancy Spiro, I shall illustrate how all three frameworks of sexual difference--experiential difference, positional difference in discourse, and difference as psychoanalysis--can be employed in critiquing works of art. After discussing Spero's work, I shall show how the perspectives can be theoretically compatible.