Lisa Temple-Cox
Lisa's visual research explores the aesthetics and symbolism of the medical museum; using its collections, taxonomies, and histories as metaphors for a contemporary subjective experience of the body, in life and death. Her history as a mixed-race, post-colonial child informs a practice exploring interstices: between science and religion, the normal and the pathological, the familiar and the uncanny. These themes are visualised through mixed-media processes which include drawing, casting, assemblage, and installation.
The work shown is part of a series intended (eventually) for publication, in which the artist and an art historian are collaborating to create new work that combines Vesalian anatomy with a contemporary literary figure – the character of Alice – to introduce the work of Vesalius to new audiences, and uncover something about his ongoing legacy in the process.
The work shown is part of a series intended (eventually) for publication, in which the artist and an art historian are collaborating to create new work that combines Vesalian anatomy with a contemporary literary figure – the character of Alice – to introduce the work of Vesalius to new audiences, and uncover something about his ongoing legacy in the process.
