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Welcome to Image of Surgery
This exhibit displays historic and
contemporary images of medical and surgical procedures. The contemporary
images combine authentic color photographs with the artistry
of digital photo processing to describe the personalities, movement and drama of surgical care,
traversing the visual space between documentary and dream.
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Featured Image July 2009 |
Commentary |
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The
possibility that accountants control industry and society was
disturbing to Mexican muralist, Diego Rivera (1886-1957). On
the south wall of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) we see murals of
automobile workers, scientists and physicians adjacent to
secretaries and accountants; brain surgery (Historical
Images, 1933)
below an adding
machine.
Medical decisions are increasingly influenced by economic
considerations. The productivity and economies of scale of the
automobile assembly line pioneered by Henry Ford (1863-1947) are
seldom achieved in healthcare. Furthermore, the cost of new
innovative technology seldom is balanced by a reduction in
medical costs.
This image is a collage of a Diego Rivera DIA mural overlaid
with a contemporary image of robotic assisted laparoscopic
surgery. (2009) |
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