Pratt Manhattan Gallery hosts “Splice: At the intersection of Art and Medicine” curated by Nina Czegledy.
September 20 to November 9, 2013
PRATT MANHATTAN GALLERY
144 West 14th St. | New York, NY 10011
212.647.7778 | exhibits@pratt.edu | www.pratt.edu/exhibitions
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 19, 6 to 8 pm. Special event, opening night only: Explore Asian health traditions and immortality with wild mushroom hunter Med Shroomdog at the Mushroom Tea Bar.
Showcasing 20th-century anatomical drawings complemented by contemporary works of art, SPLICE: At the Intersection of Art and Medicine brings together both scientific and artistic means of representing the human body. It also represents the first significant public exhibition within the United States of anatomical images selected from an extensive collection housed at Biomedical Communications, University of Toronto. The University of Toronto Art Center, the Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, Mississauga, and the West Vancouver Museum presented previous versions of this exhibition.
Anatomical Artists: Elizabeth Blackstock, Dorothy Foster Chubb, Marguerite Drummond, Nancy Joy, Eila Hopper-Ross, Maria Wishart
Contemporary Artists: Ælab: Gisèle Trudel and Stéphane Claude, Jack Burman, Jack Butler, Andrew Carnie, Joyce Cutler-Shaw, Dana Claxton, Orshi Drozdik, Eric Fong, Terry Kurgan, Patricia Olynyk, Piotr Wyrzykowski
Pratt Manhattan Gallery is a public art gallery affiliated with Pratt Institute featuring exhibitions of art, architecture, fashion, and design.