Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Winter 2009

  • 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…

  • 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…