Bird flu, swine flu, Spanish flu and unnamed others in the same large virus family lead pale existences on the surface of human skin, awaiting entrance into the body. We inhale them, lick them or rub them into our noses. Inside us, they burst into pattern paintings.
Laura Splan embroiders the structure of viruses into doilies. Below are AIDS, Herpes and SARS. If silence equals death, what does decorating equal?
awesome.
This was the best work in “Pricked,” the show of stitching and other textile techniques at the Museum of Art and Design, just before it moved from 53rd Street to it’s new location in Columbus Circle.
Terrifingly beautiful, Laura!
ANd thanks for this post, Regina.