Virus #1, Sean Caulfield

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Sean Caulfield, Virus #1
Sean Caulfield, Virus #1
Sean Caulfield
Virus #1
2018
Sean Caulfield
born 1967
Virus #1, 2018
Where object was made: Canada
Material/technique: screen print; inkjet print; rag paper; plastic drafting film; thread; stitching
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 24 x 18 in
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 609.6 x 457.2 mm
Credit line: Gift of the artist
Accession number: 2020.0235
Not on display
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Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body
For over three years, printmaker Sean Caulfield worked with artists, scientists, and academics on the project <ImmuneNations> in an effort to understand how misinformation, controversy, and local sociocultural contexts contribute to a widespread inability “to have a reasoned, rational, and respectful discussion around vaccines.” These prints from Caulfield’s project serve as studies for his series The Anatomy Table, displayed in the next gallery. They combine 16th-century anatomical drawings with imaginary viruses to question the distinctions between fact and fiction, which are highly relevant to conversations about global vaccine hesitancy. The issues this project addresses are timely as the world considers vaccination with newfound urgency and, possibly, new points of contention and concern.
Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body
For over three years, printmaker Sean Caulfield worked with artists, scientists, and academics on the project <ImmuneNations> in an effort to understand how misinformation, controversy, and local sociocultural contexts contribute to a widespread inability “to have a reasoned, rational, and respectful discussion around vaccines.” These prints from Caulfield’s project serve as studies for his series The Anatomy Table, displayed in the next gallery. They combine 16th-century anatomical drawings with imaginary viruses to question the distinctions between fact and fiction, which are highly relevant to conversations about global vaccine hesitancy. The issues this project addresses are timely as the world considers vaccination with newfound urgency and, possibly, new points of contention and concern.

Exhibitions

Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body
Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
2021