Art
is often used to deflect, diffuse and otherwise help us make emotional sense of
horrible events. Examples include memorials at traffic accidents, war memorials
and art for domestic violence survivors.
This,
however, is the first example I’ve found of the visual art of brain tumors.
According to Corrine Segal a PBS News hour post - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/art-brain-tumors/
- “…that’s the surprising beauty of ‘Connecting Narratives,’ artist Dr. Immy
Smith’s project to bring new attention to brain tumors and the dangers they
pose.
Smith,
who studied biomedicine before earning a doctorate in pharmacology, is a
artist-in-residence at the Brain Tumour Research Centre at the University of
Portsmouth in the U.K. There, she worked with the lab scientists to develop an
exhibition visualizing the often-unseen issue of treating brain tumors.”
Segal
goes on to write that “The exhibition, currently on view at the Aspex Gallery
in Portsmouth, (UK) consists of two parts. For the first, Smith created 121
paintings to represent the more than 120 types of brain tumors that exist. She used
two colors meant to symbolize the two types of cells, neural and glial, from
which brain tumors can arise. ‘Just as you can make many patterns from just two
colors of ink by blending them in different ways or in different amounts, there
are many types of brain tumors arising from differential expression of genes in
just two cell types,’ she said.”
Her
next step was, I thought, quite smart and moving.
“Then,
she created large-scale ink drawings to which visitors can add their own lines
using white-board markers. Both pieces comment on the complexity of brain
tumors, providing a visual reminder of why they are so difficult to treat…”
Here’s
her great summary of the cruelty and complexity of brain cancer:
“They’re
really devastating diseases. They’re one of the only cancers that can directly
affect your cognition and personality…”
Have a look: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/art-brain-tumors/
4 comments:
That's fabulous! Such exhibition will help biology to get rid of its rigid impress in many people's mind. Hope such artist can be more active in the field and bring more products. Chemistry should also be a very good subject for this.
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