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Nash, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3136-7211, 2016, Show, Exhibition or Event, Prescriptions: Artists’ books on wellbeing and medicine

Abstract or Description:

On Innards | Publication, by artists Richard Nash, Amanda Couch, Mindy Lee, and Andrew Hladky, was selected for the group exhibition Prescriptions, which ran in the Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury, from 21 April to 25 September 2016 curated by Dr Stella Bolaki and Egidija Čiricaitė.

The title of the exhibition, Prescriptions, was taken from one of Martha A. Hall's artists’ books. Hall's book art, created from 1998 until her death in 2003, documents her experiences with breast cancer and interactions with the medical community. These themes
find unique expression through the intimacy, immediacy and complexity of the artist's book medium that not only challenges the conventional book form but also offers a palpable experience of the patient's world.

The exhibition featured around 90 artists’ books by national and international artists responding to themes of cancer, disability, mental health, surgery, recovery, medicine and wellbeing. The curated show revealed the therapeutic and empowering potential of art whereby artists’ books become an alternative kind of prescription. The exhibition featured 15 books by Hall, on loan from the University of New England's Maine Women Writers Collection, which were being shown in the UK for the first time.

Contributors:
Contribution
Name
RCA ID
Artist
Couch, Amanda
Artist
Lee, Mindy
Artist
Hladky, Andrew
Events:
Title
Location
Dates
Type
Prescriptions
Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury, UK
21 Apr 2016
Museum/exhibition
Official URL: https://research.kent.ac.uk/artistsbooks/#:~:text=...
Subjects: Creative Arts and Design > W900 Others in Creative Arts and Design > W990 Creative Arts and Design not elsewhere classified
School or Centre: Other
School of Arts & Humanities
Copyright Holders: Stella Bolaki and other named contributors
Date Deposited: 22 Jan 2025 16:51
Last Modified: 22 Jan 2025 16:51
URI: https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/6290
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