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Visionary Anatomies featured the work of contemporary artists who use anatomical imagery
and concepts to express aesthetic, social, and cultural ideas.

This exhibition was made possible through the generous support of Ralph S. O’Connor

and the Marian and Speros Martel Foundation.

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES:

January 15 – May 20, 2005
2100 C St NW, Washington, DC

THIS EXHIBITION
toured through the Smithsonian Institution’s Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES):

September 16 – December 10, 2006

University Museums, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

January 6 – March 18, 2007

Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts

FEATURING WORK BY:
(art)n
, Stefanie Bürkle
Katherine Du Tiel, Tatiana Garmendia
Joy Garnett, Connie Imboden
Predrag Pajdic,
Katherine Sherwood
Frederick Sommer, Mike and Doug Starn,
and
Richard Yarde

  

 

 

 

Images from the exhibition

 

Visionary Anatomies and the Great Divide
an essay

 

Foreword
and

Curator’s Statement

 

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