The Scar of Visibility: Medical Performances and Contemporary Art

Notes

Examines the use of medical imagery practices in contemporary art, as well as different arts of everyday life (self-help groups, community events, Internet sites), focusing on fantasies and “knowledge projects” surrounding the human body.

Artist / Author Petra Kuppers
Publisher Minnesota
Reference P1550
Date 2007
Journal page 259
Type Publication

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