Exhibition: International Museum of Surgical Science
2023.9.5
Broken Yet Whole
Tanya Gill
November 10, 2023 to February 11, 2024.
International Museum of Surgical Science
Opening on November 10th at 6pm, event is free
Artist in Residence LINK
Museum location and contact info LINK
Related events:
- Workshop Mending Lab: Feminist care pedagogy through slow stitching with Savneet Talwar Dec 9th 2-5 at IMSS
- Artist Talk with Tanya Gill, January 27 at 1 pm at IMSS
About the exhibition:
The gesture of repair in art is a powerful and moving metaphor for human healing, both physical and emotional. The exhibit Broken Yet Whole explores stories of mending in an evolving, multi-media exhibit that will take place between November 10, 2023 and February 15, 2024 at the International Surgical Science Museum (IMSS) in Chicago IL. The IMSS, centrally located in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood, is the optimal location for this ambitious exhibit with its many rooms containing stories of medical advances born out of care and the intent to mend the body.
The project Broken Yet Whole consists of creatively mended domestic objects, such a broken ballerina figurine or a cracked white pitcher, displayed in the museum’s cases. Paintings, photographs, and textiles related to the theme of mending accompany the objects.
*image is of a donated object to Broken Yet Whole