In the context of this artwork, discuss the The spider of the Composition.
The legs are thick, but in his first-hand description of the piece, Dutch cultural theorist, video and literary scholar, and professor at the University of Amsterdam, Mieke Bal, describes them as being, "like a ballerina's; they stand on fine points of needle sharp toes." Of the spider's eight legs, all of them stick out away from the cage, surround it, except for one that points back in towards the sculpture. The basket containing eggs is thought to imply that the spider is female and maternal in nature.
Mieke Bal