As it turns out, we haven’t quite finished. One of the students is keen to polish his essay for publication – probably in the Journal for Medical Humanities. If anyone knows whether there are any paintings by Jenny Saville in the West Midlands/NorthWest of England, I would be very grateful to hear about them as the student hasn’t actually managed to see any of her paintings in the flesh (as it were)
As far as I can tell, the project is over for the present. All the marking is finished, and I have even “second-marked” a couple of essays: one by a student who came to the life classes, and one by a complete stranger whose SSC was with the Music Department. Now I need to compose my feedback essay…
There’s an interesting looking event at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow on September 5th., but I’m not sure that I shall be able to get there. The event is called “Flex and Ply”, and the model on the poster has been painted with a dermatome map – a visual representation of the origins of the nerves supplying the different areas of skin (more or less) – which looks like a sort of stripey clown suit. My attempts to copy & paste it into this blog have failed completely. The information promises “wearable anatomies” as well as art work. Use your imagination.
Drawing, painting, printmaking, wandering, wondering.
