Integrated Bodies
2005
24”H x 36”W and 36”H x 24”W each
blood, archival pigment inkjet print on Tuscan Rag fine art paper

The photographic inkjet images are of various surgical implants and instruments. Using blood taken from my fingertips, I then drew on top of the prints with a fine pen. The resulting collages combine the fine delicate strands of the blood drawings with the photographic images of the implants and instruments. The instruments and implants remind us of the way we control and manipulate the body with the accoutrements of science and medicine.

Installation Views:
Femina Potens Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Reviews:
Wiebe, Stacey, "Body of Art," VC Reporter: Art & Culture, September 22, 2005, pp.23-28

Bing, Alison, “Laura Splan: Femina Potens”, SF Gate: Art, March 2005

Bamberger, Alan, "Femina Potens Gallery: Laura Splan", Artbusiness.com, March 9, 2005

Catalogs:
Sympathetic Coordination, International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL (24pp, color)