Virus #2

Sean Caulfield, artist

born 1967

Virus #2, 2018

Where object was made: Canada

Material/technique: rag paper; inkjet print; screen print; plastic drafting film; thread; stitching

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 24 x 18 in
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 609.6 x 457.2 mm

Credit line: Gift of the artist

Accession number: 2020.0236

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For over three years, printmaker Sean Caulfield worked with artists, scientists, and academics on the project in an effort to understand how misinformation, controversy, and local sociocultural contexts contribute to a widespread inability “to have a reasoned, rational, and respectful discussion around vaccines.” These prints from Caulfield’s project serve as studies for his series The Anatomy Table, displayed in the next gallery. They combine 16th-century anatomical drawings with imaginary viruses to question the distinctions between fact and fiction, which are highly relevant to conversations about global vaccine hesitancy. The issues this project addresses are timely as the world considers vaccination with newfound urgency and, possibly, new points of contention and concern.