Art and Medicine Friday, February 5, 2021 at 12:00-1:00 p.m.
“Artist/Patient”
Please join us for a Zoom conversation with artist, Susan B. Trachman and Artist-in-Residence, Ted Meyer, and Dr. Andrew Woo, Clinical Professor of Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Susan Trachman was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1988 and began stockpiling materials from her various treatments almost immediately. Seven years later she conceptualized her first piece, Order.
In Susan’s words, “Having MS, like life itself is unpredictable… we all have something, and dwelling on the things that you have lost or can’t control does not change what is or what will be, but making something of what you have is all that you can do.”
1. “Order (1, 2 & 3)”
Bottles arranged in deliberate, well thought out, controlled patterns. “Order 1” is comprised of the Copaxone amber bottles. “Order 2” is a mixture of the clear Saline Solution bottles and the Copaxone amber bottles and “Order 3” is made up of the clear Saline Solution bottles. Since I could not control my disease and the symptoms that it caused, I wanted to create order where I could find it.
2. “Chaos” Sculpture-14″ x 14″ x 11″; Copaxone and Saline Solution bottles suspended in clear polyester resin
3. “Balance” Mobile-18″ x 50″; Boxes clad in Copaxone labels, cardboard bottle packaging grids, Copaxone and Saline Solution bottles and bottle components, fishing line and a spinning motor.
3. “Balance” Mobile-18″ x 50″; Boxes clad in Copaxone labels, cardboard bottle packaging grids, Copaxone and Saline Solution bottles and bottle components, fishing line and a spinning motor.
4. “Flowers” Integrated Digital Art-90″ x 16″; Digitally mastered collages on paper, mounted end-to-end, matted on illustration board and floated in a wood frame.
5. “Living Color (1, 2, 3, 4)” (My Psychedelic Brain)-Digital Collages Four, 14″ x 17″ images displayed on individual 15″ x 22″ x-ray view boxes; MRI images of Artists’ brain and skeleton, in black and white (1) and colorized (2, 3, 4), printed on backlit film and displayed on illuminated x-ray view boxes.
5. “Living Color (1, 2, 3, 4)” (My Psychedelic Brain)-Digital Collages, Four, 14” x 17” images displayed on individual 15” x 22” x-ray view boxes; MRI images of Artists’ brain and skeleton, in black and white (1) and colorized (2, 3, 4), printed on backlit film and displayed on illuminated x-ray view boxes.
6. “Java Chip” (Sharpes) Wall sculpture, 132” x 32”; 120 Sharps Containers (used for the disposal of needles and syringes) hung on 9 steel rods
7. “Fluid Treatment” Legend-Assemblage Dimensions: 34” W x 12 ½” H x 8 ½” D; Saline solution bottles (from Copaxone treatment), filled with brightly colored liquid mounted on clear Plexiglas shelves.
7. “Fluid Treatment” Assemblage Dimensions: 34” W x 12 ½” H x 8 ½” D; Saline solution bottles (from Copaxone treatment), filled with brightly colored liquid mounted on clear Plexiglas shelves.
8. “Kaleidoscope” Mobile Sculpture, 2019; Plexiglass, pill boxes and photographic images
8. “Kaleidoscope” Mobile Sculpture, 2019; Plexiglas, pill boxes and photographic images.
9. “Kaleidoscope Pendants” 2021; Plexiglass, photographic images and leather cord
One Reply to ““Artist/Patient” Works by Susan B. Trachman”
Four years ago, I went numb from the waist down. After quite a few MRI’s, spinal tap, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. I was on Avenox for almost 2 years, i had 1 year of monthly steroids IV, had to stop due to hip pain. Through my physiotherapist i learnt about a MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS HERBAL TREATMENT from K.H.C (Kykuyu Health Clinic) and their success rate with the treatment, i immediately started on the MS treatment, i experienced decline in major symptoms including hand tremor, back pain, difficulty walking, muscle paralysis and weakness, uncomfortable tingling and burning, fatigue, urinary retention,double vision, slurred speech difficulty swallowing, numbness. Visit www. kykuyuhealthclinic. com. I knew that a positive attitude is everything and to just believe, I’m in control of my life again….
Four years ago, I went numb from the waist down. After quite a few MRI’s, spinal tap, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. I was on Avenox for almost 2 years, i had 1 year of monthly steroids IV, had to stop due to hip pain. Through my physiotherapist i learnt about a MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS HERBAL TREATMENT from K.H.C (Kykuyu Health Clinic) and their success rate with the treatment, i immediately started on the MS treatment, i experienced decline in major symptoms including hand tremor, back pain, difficulty walking, muscle paralysis and weakness, uncomfortable tingling and burning, fatigue, urinary retention,double vision, slurred speech difficulty swallowing, numbness. Visit www. kykuyuhealthclinic. com. I knew that a positive attitude is everything and to just believe, I’m in control of my life again….