Who makes art about illness and for whom?

Radley, A., Bell, E. 2011. Another way of knowing: Art, Disease and llness experience. Health, 15 (3), pp. 219-222.

‘Lost your love of life?’

Too much apple pie. Hand hammered metal spoons and embroidered table linen formed the basis for a series of pieces that explored unspoken domestic narratives. Language gathered from partial and fragmented conversations alongside remembered song lyrics interweave to make personal sense of a chaotic present and an uncertain future.

‘Chaos is a friend of mine’ - Bob Dylan.

Hand hammered lyrics on to metal spoons remembered from,

Kennedy’, The Wedding Present; ‘You Trip Me Up’, The Jesus and Mary Chain; ‘Waiting Room’, Fugazi; ‘No Suprises’, Radiohead; ‘That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore’, The Smiths.

Hand and machine embroidered lyrics on table linen remembered from,

That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore’, The Smiths; ‘Four Seasons In One Day’, Crowded House, ‘Left to My Own Devices, Pet Shop Boys.

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