Attendees admire the works of artist-printmaker Jenny Schmid and curators at the Disembodied Reembodied exhibit opening.
UMN artist and professor Jenny Schmid kicked off the exhibit for her Artist-in-Residence project, Disembodied Reembodied, on Thursday, October 24. The project explores medical depictions of women’s bodies in the UMN Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology & Medicine collection through the production of original artwork, including etchings, text, and digital prints. Disembodied Reembodied is a collaborative project between Schmid, library curators Emily Beck and Lois Hendrickson, and Clinical Ethics Assistant Professor Jaime Konerman-Sease.
At the exhibit opening, Schmid and collaborators mingled with exhibit attendees during the event to discuss the prints, historical texts from which they drew inspiration, and the collaborative process. Toward the end of the event, they addressed the room with a brief presentation on the project, leaving attendees with eye-opening revelations about women’s bodies throughout history and today.
The exhibit will remain open to view at the Wangensteen Historical Library, 2-340 Phillips-Wangensteen Building (PWB) second floor concourse, until February 28, 2025 for anyone who was unable to make it out during the exhibit opening. Schmid and collaborators will be present at the exhibit once more on Thursday, November 14 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. to mingle with guests and participate in dialogue.