Elizabeth Jameson's Conversations WITH MYSELF: A BRAIN JOURNEY opens at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on November 12, 2009, and will run through January 2010.
Using her collection of hundreds of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans of her own brain as a common starting point, Elizabeth Jameson creates artwork in a variety of mediums.
The resulting creations are quite literally a visual record of the artist's conversations with herself.
Elizabeth Jameson's CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF: A BRAIN JOURNEY will feature solarplate etchings, silk paintings, textile art, mixed media pieces, and digital work.
"I start with these stark, intimidating pieces of dark plastic that have defined and delineated the most challenging facets of my life for the past twenty years,' according to Elizabeth Jameson. "And I attempt to transform them into something beautiful.'
"In what most people would find formidable, Elizabeth finds an astounding beauty", according to Lynn Curtis, curator at The Commonwealth Club. "The result is a series of paintings and prints that are absolutely radiant, and I am honored to bring this amazing and life-affirming exhibition to the Commonwealth Club."
Elizabeth Jameson's CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF: A BRAIN JOURNEY uniquely re-contextualizes medical images into something else entirely.
"By using art to understand her own brain, Elizabeth has found new layers of meaning - and beauty - in oft-seen medical images," according to Dr. Stephen L. Hauser, neuroimmunologist and Chair of the Department of Neurology at UCSF, whose research has dramatically advanced our understanding of the genetic basis, immune mechanisms, and treatment of multiple sclerosis. "I’ll never again look at an MRI scan in the same way.”
'Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a remarkable medical tool, able to probe the brain at unprecedented resolution, but the limiting factor is what can be picked up with a strong magnet,' according to art critic and conceptual artist Jonathon Keats, whose own work frequently explores the brain and consciousness. 'The MRI an objective representation of externally-collected data. Jameson's paintings and prints provide an alternative perspective by colorfully revealing how the brain resonates emotionally in the mind of the beholder.'
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OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, November 12
Five to Seven P.M. --- ***FREE***
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Commonwealth Club - 595 Market Street - San Francisco, CA
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OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, November 12
Five to Seven P.M. --- ***FREE***
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Commonwealth Club - 595 Market Street - San Francisco, CA
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