Laura Splan is one of my all time favourite artists - the lady is a genius. She's so inventive - negligees made out of peel off face masks, doilies based on viruses, knitted hospital gowns. It's not really surprising when you look at her work that she started off studying biological sciences. One of the pieces I like best is "Simple Manoeuvres" (2005). It's a series of photographs based on a surgical technique of the same time, where paper is used as an analogue for the skin. They look like religious icons, and that brings up all kinds of weird connotations.
images via her website: www.laurasplan.com
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