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Andrew Carnie, artist

born 1957

Juan José Castaño-Márquez, artist

born 1987

untitled, 2020

Portfolio/Series title: Junctures of a Haphazard Kind

Where object was made: England, United Kingdom and Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Material/technique: stitching; fabric; natural dyeing; thread; pearls; embroidering; cutting; watercolor; paper

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): closed 36 x 29 cm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 14 x 11 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 2021.0053

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Expanded media artist Juan José Castaño-Marquez was surprised by the fear he felt when faced with modifying another artist’s work, and he spent the first six weeks thinking about issues of organ transplantation and human connection abstractly, without translating his concepts into artwork. Once he overcame this paralysis, however, the process caused him to think deeply about organ donation—and the many ways humans are connected to one another. An artist who regularly explores hybridity, gender, and performance in Catholic rituals, he draws fascinating connections between organ transplantation and asks whether traces of identity, knowledge, and existence can transcend death.