Tag: Art Collection
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Stomach acid dream
Mia BrownellNew Haven, USA My work is a meditation on the genetic makeup of food, inviting the viewer to celebrate life in its most fundamental state. By intertwining clusters of ripe fruit in meandering structures suspended in space, I embrace a fusion of traditional still-life techniques and scientific models of proteins. The paintings express a…
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Selections from Redefining the Medical Artist
Meena MalhotraChicago, Illinois, USA Redefining the Medical Artist is an exhibition of work by the students, faculty, and staff of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Biomedical Visualization program. It was held at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago from August 7th to October 16th, 2009. The works featured in this show…
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Redefining the medical artist
Meena MalhotraChicago, Illinois, USA Medical illustration is a long-standing tradition that dates back to the sixteenth-century anatomist and physician Andreas Vesalius. In his preface to his book, De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body), Vesalius commented on the value of images and dissection in learning anatomy: How much pictures aid the…
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Possessions
Margaret Irene BaczewskiTucson, Arizona, USA People with mental illness are widely misunderstood by others. For my senior thesis project at the University of Michigan’s School of Art and Design, I created a series of four wearable objects that served as cathartic aids to different psychological disorders. For every piece, I did extensive research on the…
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The art of Laura Olear
Laura OlearChicago, Illinois, USA Viruses and Bacteria series Artist’s statementWe live in an age of profound advances in health and medicine, yet there has never been a wider gap between objective and perceptive health. I am interested in the ways in which many people dissociate themselves from their bodies and health, while others focus fixatedly…
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Viruses and bacteria series
Laura OlearChicago, Illinois, USA Artist’s statement We live in an age of profound advances in health and medicine, yet there has never been a wider gap between objective and perceptive health. I am interested in the ways in which many people dissociate themselves from their bodies and health, while others focus fixatedly on them. The…
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Self-inflicted
Laura OlearChicago, Illinois, USA Artist’s statement This series of mixed media drawings is abstracted from biological imagery. They explore issues of control over one’s own health in the form of “self-inflicted” conditions or diseases. Obesity, anorexia, smoking, tanning, excessive alcohol consumption, and self-mutilation can all result in a variety of potentially life-threatening conditions. One could…
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Artful science
Julie Schnidman & Annie YehChicago, Illinois, USA Science and art play integral roles in shaping the content of Hektoen International. Therefore, we wanted to highlight the work of three artist/scientists from the Chicago area and explore the influences behind their eclectic career paths. We met Hunter Cole, Peter Gray, and Vesna Jovanovic at a panel…
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River, 2005 – Installation by Gerda Meyer Bernstein
Gerda Meyer BernsteinChicago, Illinois, United States Artist Statement River is a 32 ft. x 20 in. x 20 in. installation. It is made up of a wooden box with 10,000 vials filled with a red substance simulating blood. The vials overflow at one end, spilling all over the floor like the uncontrollability of the AIDS epidemic.…
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Visionary art and the metaphysical
Evernus WilliamsSearcy, Arizona, United States Artist’s note These works stem from various studies of anatomical structures and their relationship to nature and technology. When I first endeavored to learn about the human form in 2002, I studied anatomical dissections directly at a local college’s lab while also taking life drawing classes. The dissections were stomach…