The molecular gaze : art in the genetic age / Suzanne Anker, Dorothy Nelkin.

Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, [2004], ©2004.

xxiii, 216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.

Divining DNA / Philip R. Reilly -- Image credits -- Deciphering DNA: the art and science of a supermolecule -- Reductionism: the body as a "code script" of information -- Mutation, manipulation, and monsters: the new grotesque in art -- Blurring boundaries: chimeras and transgenics -- Breeding better babies: a new eugenics? -- Commodification: genes for sale -- Science as culture: through the artist's lens -- List of artists and their works -- Appendix, group art exhibits that focus on genetics concepts.

Includes bibliographical references and index.