2016 exhibits in the Strauss Health Sciences Library

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2016 Exhibits in the Strauss Health Sciences Library

Fitzsimons

On Exhibit: November 2015 to November 2016

The CU Anschutz Medical Campus is located on the former Fitzsimons Army Base, closed in 1999. Fitzsimons was opened in 1918, and was named in honor of Lt. Thomas Fitzsimons, of the Army Medical Corps, who was the first US officer killed in the First World War.

The hospital was opened to care for returning soldiers who suffered from respiratory disease. The Base remained a key Army Medical Center until its closure and the iconic main hospital, known as Building 500, is still the center of the campus.

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Poignant Humorists: An Exhibit of Rockwell Prints Based on Twain Classics

Artist: Norman Rockwell

On exhibit: July 1 to September 15, 2016

The mythical carefree days of childhood are depicted through Norman Rockwell’s illustrations of Mark Twain’s classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, kindly donated to the University of Colorado by Dr. and Mrs. David R. Gillingham (M.D. – 1963) in memory of Dr. Robert W. Hendee (M.D. – 1961).

To celebrate this generous gift, the Strauss Health Sciences Library hosted a lecture on

February 13th, 2014 with Dr. Pamela Laird, Chair of CU Denver's History Department, wherein she examined these two geniuses.

Yet, the countless pleasures and insights that these two American humorists have brought us for generations belie the tensions that too often lay behind their pictures and words. Both Twain and Rockwell struggled with defining their personal goals and professional identities in ways that their art sometimes reveals and sometimes hides.

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Victorian Eyes

An exhibition on computational approaches to analyzing Victorian novels Artist: Carrie Roy

On exhibit: April to September 30, 2016

"Victorian Eyes” is a traveling art exhibition that examines nineteenth-century British literature from literary, statistical, and artistic vantages. With the modern deluge of media and information, it is easy to

become overwhelmed by the sheer amounts of data available. With “Victorian Eyes,” we aim to inspire both specialists within our fields and non-specialists to think about how the intersections of literature, statistics, and art can help us “see,” analyze, and explain large amounts of data.

While our fields may seem like an eclectic grouping, all deal in varying modes with perspective, which is the unifying theme this exhibition is designed to explore. One intriguing literary and statistical finding (based on word frequencies, words lengths, unique words, etc.) functions as the muse for each art piece in our exhibition.

A collaborative Research/Exhibition project with funding from the New Arts Venture Challenge. University of Wisconsin, Madison

Roll of the Topics: 5, 10, 20

Wood sculpture, black walnut, cherry, 26” x 15” x 13”

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His and Hers Inkwells: 1500

Brass, plastic 10” x 6” x 3”

Wells of inspiration, inspiring new applications for modern technology

View complete lists for male and female authors and works analyzed

The Great Unread

Wood sculpture, black walnut, 14.5” x 17.25” x 2.5” Study in absence and fragility through black walnut wood

View additional images

Read the statistical interpretation and code

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Great Moments in Medicine and Great Moments in Pharmacy

Artist: Robert Thom

On exhibit: May – June 2016

These 14 prints represent a small sample of the Great Moments in

Medicine and Great Moments in Pharmacy series that was produced by

the Parke-Davis pharmaceutical company.

The entire series consists of 85 paintings done by Robert Thom, who has been described as the ‘Norman Rockwell’ of medicine. Thom began work on the paintings in 1948, with the collaboration of Parke-Davis pharmacist George Bender.

The paintings were meant to highlight the outstanding people and moments in medicine and pharmacy and to explain ‘what advances in medicine, throughout the centuries, meant to the better health and welfare of our modern civilization.’ (George Bender, 1951)

The prints were delivered to doctors, pharmacists and pharmacies beginning in 1951. Parke-Davis also released them as magazine

advertisements, brochures, and as facsimiles that could be removed from magazines for framing.

The paintings and prints were produced to fit into the Parke-Davis corporate identity and to be used as advertising. They were meant to connect moments of medical and pharmaceutical innovation with the Parke-Davis name. Because of this motivation, Thom and Bender have been criticized for focusing only on single ‘great men’ while ignoring the complexity of medical innovation.

Learn more: Jonathan M. Metzel, MD PhD and Joel D Howell, MD, PhD, “Making History: Lessons from the Great Moments Series of Pharmaceutical Advertisements,” Academic Medicine 79 (2004): 1027

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Meteor Crater 2015

Artist: Linda Susak

On exhibit: February 6 – 29, 2016 (First of three exhibits by this artist in 2016)

Artist’s Statement: Art that mirrors the vast landscapes of the West with an

emphasis on color and examines the infinite connection between nature and the human soul. My paintings of landscapes and isolated, abandoned and ancient sites are derived from photographs, yet seek to capture the historical, spiritual, almost mystical layers beneath the photograph of the actual site. Albert Einstein’s proponed fourth dimension of time informs my work, in that I sense all the peoples and events who inhabited a specific space at some time in the past. In my work, I add that layer of meaning to the site through color and personal interpretation.

Horn Peak in Autumn 2016

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The Pumpkin Patch 2012

On exhibit: April 1 - 30, 2016 (Third of three exhibits by this artist in 2016)

Great Western Art Gallery

Artist’s Page: Linda Susak is a typical 21st Century woman: she has had a

demanding profession, three children, a husband, house and cat. Her typical day starts at 5 a.m. and ends at 9 or 10 p.m. when she finds time to read. What has kept her mentally stable, however, has been her time away from people, time in nature. The Western landscape gives her infinite, unending views and refreshes her soul. Because she has land and a cabin in the Wet Mountains of Colorado, she has spent vacations there alone, hiking, taking photographs, and just

communing with herself. There is a spiritual quality for her in this landscape. She has even found arrowheads while hiking, reminding her of the presence of Native Americans there more than one hundred years ago.

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Art from CU Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus Community 2016

Artists: Faculty, Staff, and Students of the University of Colorado Denver

On exhibit: November 4, 2015 to January 31, 2016

An exhibit of artwork created by faculty, staff and students of the University of Colorado Denver. There are many talented artists among the faculty, staff and students on our campuses. This juried exhibition is an opportunity for us to learn about our talented co-workers, teachers, and students. This exhibition is presented by the Exhibits Committee of the Health Sciences Library.

• 2014 exhibit: Pinterest page

• 2015 exhibit: Pinterest page

2016 exhibits in the Strauss Health Sciences Library