12 x 12 in.
(Italian: ‘The Hebrew Biopsy’)
Ink, watercolors, gel filter sheets, duct tape, masking tape, and antique photographs/pages on glass.
In 1943, an Italian physician named Dr. Giovanni Borromeo helped save the lives of Jews and other Nazi-resistors by hiding them in his hospital under the guise of a fake disease: Syndrome-K. Those diagnosed with this fake syndrome were instructed to impersonate the symptoms of Tuberculosis in order to keep the Nazis from raiding their facilities, who feared infection from this violent, new “contagion.” These three pieces honor his creativity as a valiant attempt at pyschological warfare in a time when the Jewish people and other minorities were categorized as a public health threat. Inspired by glass sample-slides under a microscope, LA BIOPSIA EBRAICA plays along with Dr. Borromeo’s ingenuity to imagine what could possibly be seen when examining a tissue sample of a Jew “infected” with Syndrome-K.
CAMPIONE UNO
CAMPIONE DUE
CAMPIONE TRE
