Treat Yourself'Treat Yourself' explores the way patients take steps to keep fit and healthy, physically and mentally, combining historical items with works from celebrated international artists. |
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Treat Yourself: Health consumers in a medical age
23 May - 14 September 2003
Science Museum, London
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Featuring historical pieces and artworks from the exhibition, as well as specially commissioned pieces from leading contemporary thinkers in history, medicine and science, 'Treat Yourself: Health consumers in a medical age' is a fascinating, quirky and thought-provoking exploration of people’s attitudes to their health and the ways they choose to safeguard it.
Contributors include Tim Boon, Cecil Helman, Waltraud Ernst, Sir David Weatherall, Brian Eno, James Bradley, Sheila Dillon, Sarah Bakewell, Jim Horne, Ginnie Smith and Bill Bynum. Featured artists include Sophie Calle, Spencer Tunick, Leo Fitzmaurice, Ellie Harrison, Paddy Hartley, Mona Hatoum, Gabriella Sancisi, Helen Sweeting, Shellburne Thurber, Julian Walker and Shelley Wilson.
Available from Cornerhouse Publications
Tel: 0161 200 1503
Price: £6.50 (plus p&p).
See also
- View the online exhibition: Treat Yourself