Medium: Compressed charcoal, enamel, found objects (written lists)
Sizes: Triptych each panel 1450 x 1160mm
(Private collection )
This is a one-off process-based work that acts as a tracing of a map (of the body, its anatomy or operational structure, its failures) although it seeks to exceed its confines.
During the months of February – July 2009 the artist created a handwritten dictionary of the human body and terminal diseases consisting of approximately 12 500 terms. Throughout the process of making the work the artist first memorized each term and its exact spelling by repeatedly saying it aloud after which he would write it down on the surface of the paper. Once the entire dictionary was completed the artist covered much of it by overlaying the image of a crow in thin black satin enamel.
Below is a close-up of the layers of text that comprise the image’s background. The text now becomes an illegible, abstract surface and may be read as a vast flock of crows expanding as far as the eye can see.
Human Anatomy list + Rare Disease list: Source Sample
Human Anatomy list (Extract from 47 page document). Section G. Cardiovascular
Abdominal Aorta
Accessory Cephalic Vein
Anterior Tibial Artery
Arch of Aorta
Arcuate Artery
Axillary Artery
Axillary Vein
Basilic Vein
Brachial Artery
Brachial Vein
Bronchus
Carotid Artery
Cephalic Vein
Circumflex Fibular Artery
Common Hepatic Artery
Common Iliac Artery
Common Iliac Vein
Cricoid Cartilage
Deep Femoral Artery
Deep Palmar Arterial Arch
Dorsal Digital Artery
Dorsal Digital Vein
Dorsal Metatarsal Artery
Dorsal Metatarsal Vein
Dorsal Venous Arch
Epiglottis
External Carotid Artery
External Iliac Artery
External Iliac Vein
Facial Artery
Facial Vein
Femoral Artery
Femoral Vein
Great Saphenous Vein
Heart
Hepatic Veins
Inferior Mesenteric Artery
Inferior Mesenteric Vein
Inferior Vena Cava
Intermediate Antebrachial Vein
Internal Iliac Artery
Internal Iliac Vein
Intestinal Arteries
Intestinal Veins
Jugular Vein
Lateral Circumflex Femoral Vein
Lateral Inferior Genicular Artery
Lateral Superior Genicular Artery
Left Inferior Pulmonary Vein
Left Superior Pulmonary Vein
Lung
Palmar Digital Artery
Palmar Digital Veins
Peroneal Artery
Popliteal Artery
Portal Vein
Posterior Tibial Artery
Posterior Tibial Vein
Profunda Femoris Artery
Pulmonary Artery
Radial Artery
Renal Artery and Vein
Retromandibular Vein
Saphenous Branch
Small Saphenous Vein
Splenic Artery
Splenic Vein
Subclavian Artery
Subclavian Vein
Superficial Palmar Arterial Arch
Superior Mesenteric Artery
Superior Mesenteric Vein
Superior Ulnar Collateral Artery
Superior Vena Cava
Thyroid Cartilage
Trachea
Ulnar Artery
Rare disease list (Extract from 419 page document)
A: 1091 Results
AAE
Aagenaes syndrome
Aarskog-like syndrome
Aarskog-Ose-Pande syndrome
Aarskog-Scott syndrome
Aase-Smith II syndrome
Aase-Smith I syndrome
Aase-Smith syndrome
Aase syndrome
ABCD syndrome
Abdominal aortic aneurysm, familial form
Abetalipoproteinemia
Ablepharon macrostomia syndrome
Abnormal eye movements
Abnormal fluid collection in mid-hind brain
Abruzzo-Erickson syndrome
ABSD
Absence of tibia
Absence of vagina
Absent patellae – scrotal hypoplasia – renal anomalies – facial dysmorphism – intellectual deficit
Absent testes, congenital
Acalvaria
Acanthamoeba keratitis
Acanthocytic disorder
Acanthocytosis
Acanthocytosis
Acanthosis nigricans
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