Prescriptions : artists' books on wellbeing and medicine / edited by Stella Bolaki and Egidija Čiricaitė.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bolaki, Stella, editor.

Čiricaitė, Egidija, editor.

Wellcome Trust (London, England), sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artists' books--Catalogs.

Artists' books.

Breast cancer patients as artists.

Pain--Etiology--Personal narratives.

Pain.

Pain--Psychology--Personal narratives.

Hall, Martha A., 1949-2003--Health.

Hall, Martha A.

Penn Provenance:

Bolaki, Stella (donor)

Physical Description:

102 pages ; color illustrations : 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Natrix Natrix Press, 2017.

Summary:

"PRESCRIPTIONS is an artists' books collection by 82 artists from 15 countries, which responds to those themes of wellbeing and medicine [...] Bringing together books on cancer, chronic illness, disability, mental health, surgery, medicine and wellbeing, this volume reveals the empowering role of book art and its potential to become an alternative kind of prescription. The title PRESCRIPTIONS is taken from Martha A. Hall's artists' books. From 1998 until her death in 2003 Hall documented her experience with breast cancer and interactions with the medical community, through intimate, yet complex handmade books. The physical act of making books was a powerful part of Hall's healing. It allowed her to express emotions that words alone were often inadequate to communicate."--From preface.

Notes:

"Prescriptions is part of a research project, "Artists' books and the medical humanities," led by the University of Kent's School of English and the University of New England's Maine Women Writers Collection."

Edition of 250.

Local Notes:

Exhibited: "Prescriptions: artists' books on wellbeing and medicine", at the Beaney Museum of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury, 2016.

ISBN:

0992624436

9780992624439

OCLC:

1004249397