Art and Medicine
Hoyt Gallery
Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Dominic Quagliozzi’s work incorporates aspects of his life as a Cystic Fibrosis patent and repeated hospital visitor, much of that spent at the Cystic Fibrosis Center at USC.
“My goal is to make work that fosters an open dialogue for an empathetic exchange surrounding illness and disease. Using situations within my life as starting points for reflection, I make work that brings into focus the nature of disability and societal implications of illness.”
Through the visual literacy of artists who have dealt with the disabled, deformed and disfigured body, I track the ebb and flow of my own nature and denatured body. Making the work is not the only important aspect to my process; creating a mood and a psychological state, creating agency within the greater dialogue and allowing for active conversation within a larger audience completes the feedback cycle so inherent in my work.”
The Shared Matter: Sharing Art, Lungs, & Social Media Art Viewing and Discussion was held on October 18, 2015 at noon, followed by a reception at 5pm.