This online exhibition examines what it means to exist as embodied creatures, a reality especially apparent in the midst of a global pandemic, and how variations in bodily experience have manifested in art. All works of art are from the University of Dundee Museum Collections.
Larynx 2007
Katie MacKinnon (b.1985)
Oil on canvas
H 214 x W 224 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
Stomach 2018
Rachel McCreadie (b.1994)
Nylon & polystyrene
H 12 x W 13 x D 26 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Die 2006
Jonathan Kris Burton Fletcher
Oil on canvas
H 92 x W 92 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
Country Dances (Symphonic Form) 1982–1985
Peter Godfrey Collins (1935–2023)
Oil on board
H 119 x W 180 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
unknown artist
Acrylic & pencil on paper
H 15 x W 31 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
As Good as Gold c.1996
Peter Thomson
Oil on canvas
H 206 x W 132 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
John Torrington (1825–1846) 1985
Peter Allan (b.1965)
Lithograph on paper
H 64 x W 26 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Back to Front c.1994
Nicola Watson
Oil, watercolour & pencil on paper
H 151 x W 156 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Woman Sitting at the Piano c.1920–1930
Joseph Johnston Lee (1876–1949)
Pencil on paper
H 38 x W 28 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
Portrait of John and Celie c.1985
John Byrne (1940–2023)
Acrylic on canvas
H 150 x W 100 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
Untitled 2012
Lisa Scrimgeour
Oil & spectragel on paper & board
H 183 x W 123 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
Male Life Study c.1966
Alastair Mackay MacLennan (b.1943)
Oil on board
H 213.5 x W 91.5 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Female Nude Study 1988
Michelle Duke (b.1967)
Oil on canvas
H 91 x W 61 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Self Portrait c.1961
Joe McIntyre (b.1940)
Oil on canvas
H 73.5 x W 48 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Estado de gracia 1998
Andrew Hay (b.1944)
Oil on canvas
H 149 x W 102 cm
University of Dundee, Tayside Medical History Museum Art Collection
Untitled c.1978
Pierangela Corvi
Terracotta
H 17 x W 7 x D 13 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Untitled c.1988
Matthew Dalziel (b.1957)
Wood, stone & tape
H 43 x W 22 x D 15 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Female Nude c.1956
Richard (Dick) Hunter (1935–2014)
Charcoal on paper
H 30 x W 23 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Male Nude 1960
Patricia Gordon
Oil on board
H 151 x W 90 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Janice Aitken (b.1962)
Acrylic on canvas
H 46 x W 36 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection
Sir James Mackenzie (1853–1925), MD, FRS, LLD, General Practitioner and Cardiologist c.1931
Louis Frederick Roslyn (1878–1940)
Bronze
H 68 x W 53 x D 30 cm
University of Dundee, Tayside Medical History Museum Art Collection
Original Setting of Bones within the Outline of Antique Figure c.1895
unknown artist
Pen & ink on paper
H 74 x W 55 cm
University of Dundee, Duncan of Jordanstone College Collection