Most, if not all of Kathryn Parker
Almanas’ works is referencing the medical world. Some images are direct
depictions of the medical field while others are more abstract displays of the internal
body. Her work includes both staged still lifes, often using food as representations
and actual documentation. Through her work, Almanas is obliviously interested
in the body, specifically the healing process because of her own experiences. There
is a juxtaposition that occurs in her imagery that mimics hospital settings, between
the cleanliness of the environment and messiness that arises from emergency situations
such as blood splattered. Her series Pastry
Anatomy and Dissector and Dissected display
the cleanliness of hospitalization while Beholder
and Hell Is The Land of Tranquil Light,
displays the messiness, although all intentional. Additionally, she touches on
both aspects of what is occurring inside our bodies of the physical and the
emotional responses. Her pieces are colorful and anatomical.
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