Art & Heritage Collections
Complementing the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide's recent confirmation as an outstanding research institution in the field of Health Sciences, we acquired six new works by artist Cheryl Hutchens. Hutchens is an Adelaide-based textile artist whose interest in making artworks with fabric and fibre can be traced back to her childhood. The work pictured here is a most intriguing representation of infectious diseases, all stitched in cotton thread on calico. Hutchens uses a variety of embroidery stitches closely depicting the formations of bacteria and viruses as seen under the microscope. The work was brought to our attention by an emerging curator, Nerina Dunt, a graduate of the Art History program at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, who curated an exhibition of Hutchens's work - Break, suffer, heal - in the Barr Smith Library last March. If you wish to arrange a viewing of the work, please email us at: art.heritage@adelaide.edu.au Mirna Heruc, Manager, Art & Heritage Collections
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