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Sculpture, Resin on Other
Size: 11.8 W x 11.8 H x 11.8 D in
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ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Humans use deception to achieve perfection in society, art and science. Reacting to this through art, we have taken discarded pig hearts and transformed them into elegant vessels for new life by decellularizing them and re-populating them with various techniques, into aesthetically improved hearts for humans. Decellularization marks a new era of synthetic biology – organs are stripped of their cellular contents, leaving behind a sterile scaffold that can be repopulated with stemcells. While the medical utilization of this resource is being realised, the artistic and creative value of ghost organs represents unexplored territory. With this collection of 21 transformed hearts we explore how biological interventions and aesthetic manipulation can be used as tools for the ultimate deception: the transformation of inner beauty, from grotesque to perfect. Can the ghost organ be a blank canvas for designers? Can organs be objects of design? Will humans be able to manipulate organs for aesthetic purposes? The discarded dead hearts will not function as canonical organs, but rather as a representation of how far science can manipulate the human body. When only the essence of the heart is left and only its veins remain. For this heart we injected the vessels with resin. After the hardening process we dissolved the rest of the heart using sodium hydroxide. The heart is being presented in a glass vessel with a white rubber lid.
Original Created:
2015
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DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
Sculpture:
Resin on Other
Original:
One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:
11.8 W x 11.8 H x 11.8 D in
Frame:
Not Framed
Ready to Hang:
Not applicable
Packaging:
Ships in a Crate
SHIPPING AND RETURNS
Delivery Time:
Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:
Ships in a wooden crate for additional protection of heavy or oversized artworks. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:
Netherlands.
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Isaac Monté
Netherlands
Isaac Monté is an interior architect and product designer. He studied at several art academies in Belgium, The Netherlands and Norway. His interests lie in material experiments and in straightforward designs with a simple but refined look. He creates art installations and design pieces as a reaction to social, ecological or economical problems. He uses design as a medium to transform forgotten or overlooked problems into possibilities and opportunities.
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