2002
chromogenic prints
diptych, 24 H × 20 W in (60.96 H × 50.8 W cm) each
Blood Scarf depicts a scarf knit out of clear vinyl tubing. The speculative intravenous device emerging out of the user's hand fills the scarf with blood. The implied narrative is a paradoxical one in which the device keeps the user warm with their blood while at the same time draining their blood drop by drop.
Blood Scarf depicts a scarf knit out of clear vinyl tubing. The speculative intravenous device emerging out of the user's hand fills the scarf with blood. The implied narrative is a paradoxical one in which the device keeps the user warm with their blood while at the same time draining their blood drop by drop.
...Laura Splan transforms our human temporality into both comforting and unsettling art. It’s magical, heart-stopping...
...In Laura Splan’s mixed-media practice, the human body functions as both a physiological and cultural site: a conjunction of blood, bones, viruses and viscera masked by successive layers of social display...
“...Laura Splan examines the cultural trends and events that underscore the manner in which the fragility of the human body is taken for granted...medical technology, bioterrorism, health epidemics, and the mutation of super-resistant microbes are all fodder for her art...”
...art that’s fascinating and sometimes shocking . . . a wide variety of highly imaginative work: psychiatric drugs represented in hooked-rug pillows, embroidery on what appears to be skin stretched on hoops, pillows made of meat...wildly creative in such a precise way...
