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Artist’s statements Preface It is thanks to the kind contributions from our supporters and artists from around the world that made this charity art exhibition possible. Through their artwork, we hope the wonders of the human body can be told through an array of colours, shapes and textures, to remind each of us the importance of organ donation. We understand that taking to family and friends about organ donation may not be easy; therefore we hope that art could be used as a medium to start this important conversation. This booklet contains the descriptions provided by the artists about their artwork, corresponding to the number assigned to each piece of artwork. The artist has been made anonymous for the auction. We hope you will enjoy viewing these and continue to support this important cause.
Mr Conrad Lee And The Anatomy For Life Team
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Our Teams: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS trust Conrad Lee Anna Barnes Clare Martin Charlotte Hide Paul Frattaroli Mary Hooper Liz Orton Colin Elding Sophie Rintoul-Hoad
Live Life Give Life Luke Yates
Special thanks to Tracy Young Clare Smith Linda Gilmour Janet Marshall Rebecca Craig Abbie Standing Batsi Muteweye Jannet Cook Mel Armstrong Edda Hensler
OUR SPONSORS
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OUR SUPPORTERS In addition to our wonderful sponsors, we would like to offer our sincere thanks to all the supporters of Anatomy For Life charity event. This includes all the volunteers who have offered their time to help us during our week of events, to spread the word about organ donation, and to raise as much money as possible for our charity. And of course, we thank all the artists who have donated artwork for our exhibition and auction. Without their generosity we would not be able to make this event happen.
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Kidney: The Ultimate Gift An extracted kidney can survive for twelve hours or more (thought the quicker it is transplanted the better). This means that kidneys can be taken from someone recently deceased or brain-dead, or even from a live donor, many hundreds of miles from where someone is waiting to receive it. The kidney for the first transplant I saw had arrived by air form a city three hundred miles away. Its former owner had died that morning, and it was transported to theatre in a cooled polystyrene box. Between the surgeon and myself lay Ricky Hennick, a man in his thirties who had suffered total kidney failure many years before as a result of infections. He’d been kept alive during those years by dialysis. Only his lower abdomen was visible between the green drapes. The surgeon opened a hole in Hennick’s iliac fossa. One of the nurses opened the polystyrene box and I looked into it with astonishment; the kidney was cold, shrunken and a dusty grey – barely recognizable as an organ. It was lifted out and laid snugly into the hold in Hennick’s abdomen…. The surgeon took a deep breath, stretched his arms like a stage conjurer, and said to me: ‘You’re about to witness the most wonderful sight in the history of medicine’. He removed the arterial and venous clamps in sequence, and Hennick’s blood began to pump into the withered kidney. Each beat of his heart, visible in the pumping of the arteries, caused the kidney to swell. It was like watching a process of reanimation: a refutation of death. As the kidney grew, its defeated, dimpled surface began to fill out to a lucent pink. Kidney transplant is unique in that, because we have two, a single kidney can be donated in life with only relatively minor inconvenience. In the past these transfers of kidneys were for the most part between siblings, parents and children but now ‘live unrelated donors’ constitute around half of all kidney transplants operations in the West, and occur between strangers. Since 2011 in the UK there has been a system of ‘pooled donation’. David McDowall is part of this new trend in sourcing kidneys for transplant – the gift circle that can be started through an altruistic donation. ‘I was simply trading in a spare body part someone else can make good use of,’ he told me. ‘It wasn’t much of an inconvenience for me, but could be a lifesaver for someone else.’ David never met the person who now carries his kidney, and because of strict legislation around organ donation in the UK he never will. ‘The risk of going through the operation was tiny, and besides, what is the point of a risk-free life?’ David had been thinking about donating one of his kidneys ever since he read an article in a newspaper about the possibility of making such a gift. Several years earlier he’d been close to death with a bleeding stomach ulcer, and would have died without transfusions. Donation was for him a fitting way to return a gift to the system that had saved his own life.
An extract from Adventures in Human Being by Gavin Francis, published by Profile Books 2015, www.gavinfrancis.com
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ARTIST STATEMENTS No: 1 - Miss Endorphine
No 2 - I’ll Turn to Stone
No: 3 - Plague Birds
No: 4 - Ex Animo
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No: 5 - Beauty and the Bat
No: 6 - Dia de Muertos
No: 7 - Only Crows Know
No: 8 - The Alchemist
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No: 9 - When Darkness Meets Light
No: 11 - Untitled
No: 12 - Heart Smart No: 10 - Something So Precious
"My picture shows a hand picking an eye, as if it's a flower. We consider flowers to be precious and fragile. I believe that's how we should treat life. Giving organs is a precious gift just like flowers."
"Heart Smart is a drawing-installation that explores the mysteries of the human brain and heart. As a romantic humanist, I investigated the brain-heart connections, the physical connections of the intellect and creativity. In school, most of us were taught that the heart is constantly responding to orders sent by the brain in the form of neutral signals. However, it is not as commonly known that the heart actually sends far more signals to the brain than the brain sends to the heart! Moreover, these heart signals have a significant effect on brain function - influencing emotional processing as well as higher cognitive faculties."
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No: 13 - Face Cream
No: 15 - Dance
"I use bones in my work to symbolise getting under the surface of things, and the need to look deeper into situations rather than view superficial appearances. 'Face Cream' is an image in the Vanitas tradition, reminding us of our mortality, of the futility of attempts of eternal youth (as face creams promise to make us appear younger!), and also a celebration of the hidden beauty of the bone structure, and wonder of creation."
No: 14 - Don't Bank on It
"Art prints to animate an audience to try out dance steps. Paper, music, dance ..."
No: 16 - Healthy pair of lungs
"This image relates to the financial crisis of 2008, and was first created in a larger version and exhibited at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester. I use bones in my work to symbolise getting under the surface of things and the need to look deeper into situations, rather than only view the superficial appearances. It is also referring to the Vanitas traditional theme in the visual arts."
"I recently did an evening class at college, which rekindled my love of drawing and painting. My mum died from COPD aged 74. My painting represents a painting of a healthy pair of lungs, what my mum desperately needed in the last months of her life."
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No: 17 - Development of the Human Foetus
No: 21 - The greatest gift
No: 18 - Development of the Human Foetus
No: 19 - Development of the Human Foetus "Donating an organ to save a life is the greatest gift that one can offer. Please support organ donation."
No: 22 - The Gift of Vision
No: 20 - Development of the Human Foetus
"As an artist, I realise that being unable to see would be a major loss for me. It is amazing that surgeons can restore a person's sight by transplanting the retina from a donor."
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No: 23 - Oxygen - the bringer of life
No: 25 - Give me your hand, Give me your heart
"All living things need oxygen, and people with respiratory problems struggle to live. The gift of new lungs for a transplant operation is indeed the gift of life. By using branches and leaves to represent lungs, I am referring indirectly to the 'tree of life' and to the fact that plants produce oxygen for us."
"The metamorphosis of the beating heart in honour of this pulse that embodies the passion, death and life. It is good for ourselves, because to love others well, you must first love yourself. Without paying attention, the heart is an organ that walks. If you have it on your hand, it means that you are willing to provide your most valuable asset. When you have the heart on your lips, it is in words that you provide your valuable quality. A helping hand symbolises even more solidity and generosity."
No: 24 - The 'Natural' Computer
No: 26 – Untitled
"The brain is the 'natural' computer. The greatest of computers. Through it we perceive and interact with life for every millisecond of our lives, even when we sleep, our lives, our existence, our creativity springs forth from this abstract / strange creation / design of nature. An incredibly large percentage of people take the brain, and what it does for us, our very movements, our seeing and interacting with everyday activities, for granted." 12
No: 27 - Connect your heart with the heart of the planet
"Even just visitors we are here, this is our home for the time being and the Earth is our Nurturing Mother. Depicted is a physical heart, but if we connect our spiritual-eternal heart with our planet, we can adjust our heart with her heart and thrive."
No: 29 - Bump Bump … Bump, Bump (2 of 4)
No: 30 - Bump Bump … Bump, Bump (3 of 4)
No: 28 - Bump Bump … Bump, Bump (1 of 4)
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No: 31 - Bump Bump … Bump, Bump (4 of 4)
No: 33 - The Body
"Your life can go on giving even when you’re gone. You will go on living as someone else lives on" (Daniel Mark Extrom).”
"Shows the fun side to anatomy and anatomical education."
No: 32 - The Scapula
"Shows the fun side to anatomy and anatomical education. Painted with real scapula to scale and then stylised in Photoshop."
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No: 34 - My Heart For You
No: 36 - The Kidney Yin Yang
"The kidneys are the Yin Yang forces of the body - they balance water level, ion concentration, and release waste products. Both kidneys are separate entities, but represent life. If one is not functioning, the requirement is only yang. So please give and spread positive energy."
No: 37 - One Lung
"Heart is a pump that delivers blood to the whole body and we only have one of it. To me, heart is not just a pumping machine - it is a link to thoughts and feelings too. My heart is colourful, only because of you."
No: 35 - The Functioning Liver
"The liver has many important functions. If it becomes diseased or damaged, life can be fatal ... But the good news is that you can save a life. Donate your organs."
"Just a Lung. One lung is better than none."
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No: 38 - In the Lap of the Gods
No: 40 – Heartbeat (1 of 3)
No: 41 – Heartbeat (2 of 3) “I decided to take a less literal riff upon the theme to encourage the viewer to engage closely whilst reading my creative intent. Obviously the measuring tape is significant on more than a level of scale as the start is damaged, this is a deliberate device to question how we begin life and also what part luck plays as denoted by the "lucky” black cat. The body is informed by the closed trunk, both a visual and verbal pun and a reference to the location of our vital organs. The ground is a symbolic black void..........” No: 42 – Heartbeat (3 of 3)
No: 39 - Superboy
"We all have it within ourselves to help others."
"Donating organs can save lives. An old man lives with his dog ... always together. Then one night, the man gets ill and the dog chases the ambulance until the hospital. The dog remains outside and waits, unaware that his lifelong friend has gone. Or maybe not ... because a few days later a woman in a wheelchair appears from the door. She received the man's liver and the dog seems to understand. Something of his friend, something very important, continue to live in another person." 17
No: 43 – Coeur (1 of 3)
No: 46 - The Liver: An impressive organ but at times an ethical dilemma
No: 44 – Coeur (2 of 3)
“The base of this piece is a simple anatomical line drawing from a 40 year old book handed down from my mother.” Anatomy is a fascinating area of medicine that has remained relatively unchanged for a large number of years. I chose the liver, when I could have chosen any number of diagrams from the book. Only part of a liver can be transplanted from a donor to recipient due to its amazing ability to regenerate ... “
No: 47 – Have a Heart
No: 45 – Coeur (3 of 3)
"The value of the 'gift' - you can be in solidarity with others in many ways: aid the weak, aid the needy, comfort those who suffer ... But organ donation is a gesture more human and generous. To be helpful is one of the things more satisfying in life. Donating organs is certainly the best way to make sense of life - giving to others the hope of a new life!"
"The heart is arguably the most important single organ in the body, as without it there is no capability for life ... Heart failure is a common condition in developed countries ... Heart transplants are more in demand ... My work on the heart attempts to look at the vascular and cardiac anatomy, as an ode to the transplant surgeons whose work saves people in terminal heart failure."
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No: 48 – Lifelines
No: 50 – Gastric Distress
"My fascination with anatomy began in childhood when I perused my dad's medical school books and attempted to draw anatomical anomalies."
No: 51 – Brain-Creation "The vasculature of the head and neck is important for surgeons, and for life. The common carotid amongst other things, supplies the brain via the internal carotid through which thrombi may pass to cause a stroke. The facial muscles are supplied by the external carotid, and therefore this artwork portrays the structures in the head that allow us to express ourselves and to be seen as alive. This art celebrates the structure that brings us to life and allows us to animate ourselves."
No: 49 – Germination of the Heart "My fascination with anatomy began in childhood when I perused my dad's medical school books and attempted to draw anatomical anomalies."
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No: 52 – Bound
No: 54 – Brain
"The brain is such a wonderful creation and the driver of all other organs."
No: 55 – Occulus
"With this artwork I wanted to capture the spirit of donation. The hand represents both the acts of giving and receiving but, more than anything else, shows connectedness. It is stripped bare down to its essence of muscle and bone, to show our ‘humanness’ and how at the heart of things that is what connects us. To give to another in need is an act of kindness and generosity and to give to yourself. To bind a bit of yourself to another is as pure a gesture as one can make."
No: 53 – Heart
“I aspire to create atmospheric pieces inspired by the human face and figure. The eyes and expression of my subjects are of great importance to my work. I am a full supporter of organ donation. There is no reason to withhold something that could save someone's life when you are no longer in need of it.”
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No: 56 – Occulus II
No: 58 – Beauty of the Human Body
No: 59 – Beauty of the Human Body
“I aspire to create atmospheric pieces inspired by the human face and figure. The eyes and expression of my subject are of great importance to my work. I am a full supporter of organ donation. There is no reason to withhold something that could save someone's life when you are no longer in need of it."
No: 60 – Beauty of the Human Body
No: 57 – The Magical Kidney
No: 61 – Beauty of the Human Body
"I wanted to draw an organ that looked a little less 'meaty' than real life." "This is a gift anyone can give. It has no cost, and it can be tremendously powerful." 21
No: 62 – The Gift of Sight
"Having recently completed a commission for the National Tissue Bank, I’ve gained an appreciation of the importance of tissue donation and particularly the need for corneas. As sight is so important as an artist, it's everything – I wanted to highlight the need for this small but vital and transformative gift."
No: 64 – Study of Flea
“Drawn whilst researching the bubonic plague.” No: 65 – Untitled (1 of 2)
No: 63 – Lungs of an Angel
No: 66 – Untitled (2 of 2)
"Imagine looking into the sky and seeing a pair of clouds that resemble lungs ... or could they be angel wings? I think of organ donors as guardian angels, giving others a second chance and this inspired my idea."
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No: 67 – Untitled
No: 69 – Matched
No: 68 – Bee Torsos “Art conveys the "idea of finding a match, finding a suitable donor and the hope and happiness that moment brings to the patients that have been through so much.”
No: 70 – Single
“Art conveys the "idea of finding a match, finding a suitable donor and the hope and happiness that moment brings to the patients that have been through so much."
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No: 71 – Face
No: 74 – Heart
No: 72 – Brain
No: 75 – Tongue
No: 76 – El Corason No: 73 – Lungs
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No: 77 – Untitled
No: 80– Untitled
No: 81 – Tooth
No: 78 – Brain
No: 79 – Untitled No: 82 – Flesh
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No: 83 – Hand
No: 86 – Skull
No: 84 – Heart
No: 87 – Lungs
No: 85 – Chest
No: 88 – Brain
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No: 89 – Eye
No: 92 – Chest
No: 90 – Eye
No: 93 – Don’t smoke
No: 91 – Eye
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No: 94 – Detras de la belezza siempre esta nuestra salud
No: 96 – Untitled
No: 95 – Behind beauty there's always our health No: 97 – Untitled
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No: 98 – Heart
No: 100 – Skull
No: 99 – Skull
No: 101 – Untitled
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No: 102 – Untitled
No: 105 – Untitled
No: 106 – Untitled No: 103 – Untitled
No: 104 – Untitled
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No: 107 – La vida es bella
No: 110 – Eye
No: 111 – Untitled
No: 108 – Untitled
No: 112 – Untitled
No: 109 – Untitled
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No: 113 – The Mechanical Heart
named my piece 'Bean There' for couple of reasons: the obvious being a play of the word ‘bean’, and secondly, its associated shape – the ‘kidney’ bean. But also because of the actual organ itself and what that represents; without organs, life in general, cannot be sustained effectively, and the generosity in donating of organs helps in promoting life. 'Bean There' can also be interpreted by individuals and/or relatives who have 'been there' on a waiting list for a compatible organ, and who truly understand the emotive turmoil that all of the above encompasses. Ultimately donating organs help in perpetuating or promoting life itself. However one of the beans has in fact the beginning of life in the form of a gestational sac containing a foetus where all life begins".
No: 115 – Fingers
"This piece is a representation of the human heart working as a mechanical or clockworn object. I have been influenced by Steampunk-style artwork ... and want to show the complex nature of the human heart".
No: 114 – Bean There Drawing is central to my practice, and my work is based around personal experiences, imagination and memories. The drawing focuses on self-generating forms, space and intricately drawn texture that are spontaneous, but well considered. I am inspired by contemporary drawing, cellular biological forms, machinery and doodles. 'Fingers' is a drawing that represents the fragility of the body, multiplication of cells and forms, and regeneration of the body. Fingers are a part of the body that are small but so vital and important, and something we take for granted, much like other organs and muscles.
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No: 116 – Fresh
No: 118 – Burning Heart
"The butterfly and the "fresh" feeling from this piece represent a new set of lungs being able to provide the "fresh" air that an organ recipient has waited so long for."
"The heart also represents passion and love. We all are all born with a heart, and equally the ability to show compassion to one another."
No: 117 – Quiled lungs
No: 119 – Heart
"I decided to make a pair of lungs as they are one of the organs in big demand"
"Heart is one of the major organs in our body and important to sustain our lives."
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No: 120 – Shimmering Skull
No: 122 – The Heart
"My face, my body, are not important. Only my mind, my brain, my spirit, shimmering inside my skull".
No: 121 – The Gift of Vision is Immeasurably Precious
"The piece shows a stylised anatomical heart with vessels that carry blood into the heart and away from it. Classic red/blue colour combination represents oxygenated/deoxygenated blood paths. A heart is a pump made up of muscle cells that we keep inside our ribcage. Everyone keeps a beat within them, a beat that is maintained by constant movement of the heart muscle. It pushes blood to the brain and to the tips of your toes, with a turnover of thousands of litres per day. That's unimaginable!"
"As an Optometrist, I have seen first-hand the difference the amazing act of corneal donation can make to a person's life. My artwork aims to demonstrate the significant difference a healthy and clear cornea makes to our view of the world".
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No: 123 – Upper constellation
No: 126 – Sleep Disorders
No: 124 – Lower constellation
No: 127 –LVEF of HF
No: 125 – Insertion of Veress needle
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No: 128 – Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy
No: 130 – Untitled
“In my work I wanted to show the importance of donating human organs by drawing liver and kidneys into the persons head. It’s representing the importance of us, humans that we should think about this topic more. Maybe you nerve know, you or your close family can end up in situations like this. That’s why I rumpled the back paper. Our lives are fragile and rustable. We never know what is going to happen.“
No: 129 – Vague Heart
No: 131 – Untitled
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No: 132 – Untitled (1 of 5)
No: 135 – Untitled (4 of 5)
No: 133 – Untitled (2 of 5) No: 136 – Untitled (5 of 5)
No: 134 – Untitled (3 of 5) "I have had and lost several donor cards in my time, always thinking that it was a great idea, but always opting out of donating my eyes. I am an artist and the way I see the world with my less than perfect sight is important to me. In fact, I think that the way I squinted at the world as a child made me an artist. Now I am older and taking photographs through a lens and varifocals, I regard my eyes as another tool in the camera bag. All art is about showing another way of looking at the world, from recording beauty to ranting opinion. I just want people to look again. Because sight is the most important sense to me, to help someone else see will be the best piece of art I ever create".
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No: 137 – Ovaries
No: 139 – Untitled (2 of 3)
"My ovaries are still quietly ticking away as I approach 50; I wonder how everything else is working ..."
No: 138 – Untitled (1 of 3)
No: 140 – Untitled (3 of 3)
"Made with human anatomy in mind. It is my way of looking at the wonderful, anatomical worlds each of us carries under the skin and how curious the shapes, patterns and lines of our organs can be. In my work, I often think of human's relationship with the natural world, and like the idea of our blood being similar to seas and rivers on the face of the earth, both liquids acting as fuel to living organisms." 39
No: 141 – Gift 1 (1 of 3)
No: 143 – Gift 3 (2 of 3)
No: 142 – Gift 2 (3 of 3)
“My work explores the idea of the transplant as a gift. Warm visceral colours are layered to portray a deep tenderness. Staples join the pieces together, connecting the donated organ to the benefactor. Raw edged and harsh, these scars have a special beauty and create a strong bond."
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No: 144 – Untitled
No: 145 – Untitled
No: 146 – Untitled
No: 147 – Untitled
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No: 148 – Untitled
No: 150 – Untitled
No: 149 – Untitled
No: 151 – Untitled
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No: 152 – Untitled
No: 154 – Untitled
No: 153 – Untitled
No: 155 – Untitled
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No: 156 – Untitled
No: 157 – Untitled
"My art deals with the inner workings of living organisms, illustrating them to its barest form to reveal the understanding of its complexity." 45
No: 158 – I have your heart
No: 160 – The Vital Centre
No: 159 – In Bloom
No: 161 – Viscera
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No: 162 – Untitled
No: 164 – Donors are Superheroes
No: 165 – Flora & Fauna: Food for thought No: 163 – Bee a Donor
"This art is about you, growing your organs inside your body, and like a flower. Let the bees take your organ and let them live and fly in someone else when your flower dies."
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No: 166 – Transformation: Creating life from death
"I love to create surreal, curious and anthropomorphic illustrations by reassembling, juxtaposing and colouring Victoriana images. Inspired by Cabinets of Curiosities and Surrealism, I like to think my work portrays an unseen 'Otherworld'."
No: 168 – Hearts Montage
No: 169 – Untitled
No: 167 – Metamorphosis: The human body, a grotesque and beautiful creature
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No: 170 – Life
"This print represents those who receive organ transplants. It symbolises how those who receive organs are given a second chance."
No: 173 – The green eye
No: 174 – Untitled
"My art piece is about life so that's why it has a heart and lungs, and the abstract colours are because it is showing abstract personalities." No: 171 – Eye
No: 172 – Untitled
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No: 175 – Untitled
"My submission represents those who receive organ transplants. It symbolises how those who choose to donate bring those who receive them a second chance".
use and can take over in the human gut in the way an invasive species of weed might take over a garden. It can cause severe illness and has the ability to hide from antibiotics in the form of spores which lay dormant in the biofilms lining the human gut. It is extremely difficult to treat with antibiotics and can lead to a vicious circle of re-infection. In March 2014 NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) approved gut microbiota transplants (taking the gut bacteria from a healthy person and giving it to an unwell patient) for use in the treatment of long term C. difficile infections. The image shows C. difficile spores trapped in biofilms in the gut and takes the form of a votive offering - perhaps a patient's wish to be cured.”
No: 177 – Bone structure pink
No: 176 – Microbiota Votive
No: 178 – Bone structure
“The billions of bacteria that make up our gut microbiota are as important to us as any other part of our anatomy, and new research shows that they can even influence our weight or our mood. The complex ecosystem of the human gut can be damaged by antibiotic use, which may wipe out many species of bacteria and lead to overgrowth or [re]infection by other species. Clostridium difficile bacteria evolved as a consequence of antibiotic 51
No: 179 – Nautical fracture
No: 180 – Retro fracture
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No: 181 – Hands up (1 of 2)
No: 182 – Hands up (2 of 2)
No: 183 – Foot down
“When it comes to thinking about organ donation, it is easy just to think and not do. But seriously, why wait? Put your “foot down” and join the organ donation register today. This piece is made from recycled film negatives of foot x rays used for teaching.“
No: 184 – Spine
“Put your “hands up” if you would give a part of yourself to help save another life? This artwork is metaphorically about putting your hands up and registering as an organ donor. Ironically, I made this piece of artwork from recycling unwanted film negatives of hand x-rays. We should also think about recycling our organs to help someone create something beautiful… life.”
“The backbone (spine) is a supporting structure of the body. Without it, the body integrity is lost. Similarly, the society needs people to support to organ donation for the integrity of human society.“ 53
No: 185 – Beauty in her eye
No: 186 – A glimpse of light, a glimpse of life
“This piece depicts the emotions from corneal transplantation. Beauty and life are represented by the colourful butterfly and green twine. Yet, there is a hint of sadness from the small tear from the corner of the eye, reminisced by the passing of loved ones who donated their cornea. The eye itself is made from a recycled photo negative (showing bacterial growth), and I want to use this to illustrate that an item no longer used can be made into something beautiful.“
“From the darkness and despair came a glimpse of light, and the hope for a better life with a new pair of lungs.“
No: 187 – A glimpse of light, a glimpse of life
“From the darkness and despair came a glimpse of light, and the hope for a better life with a new heart.” 54
No: 188 – Splash!
No: 190 – Gemini I (1 of 2)
"The bowel shimmers under the operating lights and is actually quite colourful."
No: 191 – Gemini II (2 of 2)
No: 189 – Stomach ulcer
“Stomach ulcers can be a result of bad habits such as smoking and drinking. We need to look after our bodies.”
'"The Zodiac symbol of the Twins. In Greek mythology, when Castor died, his twin brother Pollux who is immortal asked Zeus to share this with his brother so that they can be forever connected. Similarly in organ donation, one offers a part of themselves so that through them, the other may live on. 55
No: 192 – Untitled
No: 194 – Eye
“Donating the cornea is a wonderful thing to help people see again! This eye represents the colours of the world around us.”
No: 195 – The dancer
"Anatomy in Art: taken from an anatomy life drawing class. I am interested in how the line and shadows of the body represent the organs, bones and muscles. Most of us will never get to see the mysterious inner workings of the body, but rather glimpses of the hidden flesh beneath the skin".
No: 193 – The horseshoe kidney
“A dancer is seen between the two pair of lungs. This piece represents when the pair of lungs are being transplanted, a beautiful moment can be seen.”
“As the kidney develops, it may not divide properly and form the shape of a horse’s shoe!” 56
No: 196 – Heart trace
No: 198 – Christmas gift
“Made from ECGs (heart tracings), this piece shows a dynamic side of a relatively static cut out of the heart.”
“For some, the perfect Christmas gift would be a new pair of lungs!”
No: 197 – Vessels
No: 199 – Fashionable
“This pair of matching legs metaphorically shows the matching organs about to be transplanted.”
“It is trendy to be an organ donor!”
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No: 200 – Leg muscles
No: 202 – Gift bag
“A bag full of loving hearts!” No: 201 – Leg muscles No: 203 – Dermatome of leg
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No: XL1 – Red
No: XL3 – Antecedent (Heart) (2 of 2)
No: XL2 – Antecedent (Heart) (1 of 2)
"Throughout my work I explore the chemical processes that happen inside the body seeking an alternative way to suggest their narrative. One of these processes I have focused on is organ regeneration. This is the process of the renewal of the body's organ through the cells dividing and being replaced. I try to convey the texture of the organ through the materials I use whilst still making them inviting for the viewer, showing the beauty of their structure and delicate details. Conversely, also revealing their continuous power and importance for keeping us alive. Using elements that suggest a medical and scientific aesthetic, to create my piece I have used stitches to evoke a sense of repair and renew, resembling surgical stitching. The heart is embedded within wax so the image becomes less easy to see, comparable to how organ regeneration goes unnoticed within our everyday lives. This organ represents the 'past' organ before it had gone through its renewal".
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No: XL5 – Red Heart No: XL4 – Pattern of Conductivity
"This piece illustrates how individually and together operatives for the heart works together. Missing a part would speak to the complications one can incur. As and organ donor, I am glad to have this opportunity to share my form of expression about anatomy and how I visualise it as an emergent property of life".
No: XL6 – Blue Heart
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Back cover: sample artworks from Anatomy for Life exhibition 2013
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