{"id":501,"date":"2009-05-01T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/05\/the_random_aesthetics_of_the_f\/"},"modified":"2009-05-01T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T14:00:00","slug":"the_random_aesthetics_of_the_f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/05\/the_random_aesthetics_of_the_f.html","title":{"rendered":"Laura Splan &#038; the aesthetics of disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bird flu, swine flu, Spanish flu and unnamed others in the same large virus family lead pale existences on the surface of human skin, awaiting entrance into the body. We inhale them, lick them or rub them into our noses. Inside us, they burst into pattern paintings. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"abc_wnt_birdflu_060314_sp.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/abc_wnt_birdflu_060314_sp.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"188\" height=\"141\" \/><\/span><br \/><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FE_PR_090223health_tauxe185x123.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/FE_PR_090223health_tauxe185x123.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"185\" height=\"122\" \/><\/span><br \/><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/MRSA__177959a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"MRSA__177959a.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/04\/MRSA__177959a-thumb-300x144-5798.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laurasplan.com\/\">Laura Splan<\/a> embroiders the structure of viruses into doilies. Below are AIDS, Herpes and SARS. If silence equals death, what does decorating equal?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/laurasplan1-5807.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/laurasplan1-5807.html','popup','width=500,height=375,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/laurasplan1-thumb-300x225-5807.jpg\" alt=\"laurasplan1.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/lauraspanherpes-5810.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/lauraspanherpes-5810.html','popup','width=520,height=390,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/lauraspanherpes-thumb-300x224-5810.jpg\" alt=\"lauraspanherpes.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/laurasplansars-5813.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/laurasplansars-5813.html','popup','width=520,height=390,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/assets_c\/2009\/05\/laurasplansars-thumb-300x224-5813.jpg\" alt=\"laurasplansars.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bird flu, swine flu, Spanish flu and unnamed others in the same large virus family lead pale existences on the surface of human skin, awaiting entrance into the body. We inhale them, lick them or rub them into our noses. Inside us, they burst into pattern paintings. 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