Psoriasis.

  • Essen, Tamsin van
Date:
2011
Reference:
3198546i
Part of:
Medical heirlooms.
  • 3-D Objects

About this work

Description

Pink slip cast ceramic vase with white 'crazing' glaze representing psoriasis.

Publication/Creation

[London], 2011.

Physical description

1 vase : slip-cast earthenware ; 18.5 x 14 x 14 cm

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Copyright note

Tamsin van Essen. All rights reserved.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3198546i

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in 'Skin' at Wellcome Collection, London, 10 June 2010 — 26 September 2010.
Exhibited in 'Being Human' at Wellcome Collection, London from 5th September 2019.

Notes

"The surfaces and shapes of these vases each suggest a different health condition that can be inherited: the spots of acne, the brittle bones of osteoporosis, the rapid cell division of cancer or the flaky skin of psoriasis or ichthyosis. Just as we might inherit a family vase, so too might we inherit these 'medical heirlooms'."--From Being Human exhibition caption.
Title provided by the artist.

Ownership note

Purchased by Wellcome Collection from the artist in 2010.

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    On Exhibition
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