Autoexcision Without Benefit of Anesthesia:  The Artist as Surgeon, the Artist as Patient (1999)

Installed at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago, two rooms explored my role as “patient” and “surgeon” in the excision of my emotional, physical and social ills left over from divorce.

 

The Artist as Surgeon : The entire contents of the artists’ studio

 

The Artist as Surgeon : Installation Detail

 

The Artist as Patient : Installation Detail

Canvas, rubber, pills, stainless steel gurney
7" x 4" x 4"