A Woman Holding a Liver

Couch, Amanda (2017) A Woman Holding a Liver. [Exhibition/show, Performance, Printmaking]

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Creators:
Couch, Amanda
Description/Abstract:

A Woman Holding a Liver is a contemporary manifestation of the ancient ritual of haruspicy or liver divination. The piece for ‘Acts Re-Acts 4’ was in two parts: the first, an introduction to the history of liver divination, and the contextualisation of divination in relation to chance strategies in art, and then a divination of a lamb’s liver.

In the foyer gallery, there was an exhibition in which The Liver Models 2017, a series of monoprints taken directly from lambs' livers.

Item Type:
Art/Design Item
Date:
17 March 2017
Material:
live performance, lamb's liver, powerpoint, paper, pencil, monoprints: water-based ink on Chinese paper
Measurements or Duration:
1 hour
Locations / Venues:
Location
From Date
To Date
Wimbledon Space, Wimbledon College of Art, London, UK
3 March 2017
4 March 2017
Projects or Series:
A Woman Holding a Liver, Extispicy in the Everyday
Schools:
School of Fine Art, Crafts & Photography
Related URLs:
Depositing User:
Miss Amanda Couch
Date Deposited:
11 Dec 2017 15:20
Last Modified:
04 Mar 2022 04:30
Couch, Amanda:
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8344-9668
Art/Design Categories:
Exhibition/show, Performance, Printmaking
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/3867

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