Exhibition – The West Vancouver Museum

The West Vancouver Museum proudly presents

At the Intersection of Art and Medicine

When: January 25th – March 10th, 2012
Curator’s Talk: January 28th, 1:30 p.m.

The West Vancouver Museum is hosting an exhibition of medical illustrations and anatomical drawings entitled “At the Intersection of Art and Medicine”. Organized by the Blackwood Gallery in Mississauga and with a selection of artworks from the collection of Biomedical Communications at the University of Toronto, the display features numerous pen & ink, wash and carbon dust drawings produced by Canadian women illustrators during the 1930’s and 1940’s.

Excerpt from the West Vancouver Museum website:

Anatomical art is personal, frequently beautiful, and yet sometimes frightful or grotesque as well. For an artist, in addition to scientific knowledge, an expert eye is required to select a specific point of view and the most appropriate interpretation. This exhibition features original and magnificent anatomical artwork in pen and ink, wash, and carbon dust produced by Canadian women illustrators in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Some of the artworks were originally commissioned by JCB Grant to illustrate his world famous Grant’s Atlas of Anatomy, first published in 1943 and still in print. This unique travelling exhibition is curated by Nina Czegledy, an independent media artist, curator, and educator. The selection includes artwork from the collection of Biomedical Communications at the University of Toronto, Mississauga.

For more information on this exhibit, click HERE to visit the West Vancouvver Museum website.