Crystal Yin Lie, Katie Willingham, Amanda Greene - I think youre all in Disability Aesthetics. This article made me think of you! therumpus.net/2013/11/pain-is-not-the-only-truth/ Medical museums tend to be short on art and long on the preserved remains of bodies with diseases or deformities. Riva Lehrer, an artist with spina bifida, wants to change that. As she explained in a recent talk titled Jarred: Self Portrait in Formaldehyde, her work highlights the humanity and beauty of people with disabled or otherwise unconventional bodies, in contrast to the dispassionate scientific displays that let viewers seal themselves off under emotional layers of glass. Gorgeous stuff.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 03:35:43 +0000
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