Reparations — Catherine Wagner

Reparations — Catherine Wagner

Reparations

2010

These photographs address ideas of reparation and repair through the metaphor-rich object of the splint. From crudely carved wooden slabs to high-tech, molded polymer forms the splint references both injury and health; harm and healing. This is a response to the perpetual presence of images of war. These photographs reference physical traces of efforts to heal physically, culturally, and spiritually.

Each of the objects photographed was constructed to repair a fissure or fracture. They were designed to map onto the human body; to support its recovery and repair or to act as an anatomical extension to a broken body. As such, these splints and prostheses are corporeal traces, clues to various processes of reparation.

The passage of time and changing attitudes towards medicine and technology can also be read through these objects’ materiality. Their aesthetic derives from the attitude of the era of their creation. This work speaks to both changing means in coping and our remarkable resilience as humans and as a society.

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Left Leg

30 in. × 40 in. Lambda print. 2010.

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Tarnished Arm

20 in. × 16. in. Lambda print. 2010.

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Arm Brace

26 in. × 20 in. Lambda print. 2010.

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Metal Foot

24 in. × 20 in. Lambda print. 2010.

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Arm Wrap

20 in. × 16 in. Lambda print. 2010.

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Metal Elbow

20 in. × 16 in. Lambda print. 2010.

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Carved Arm Splints

20 in. x 16 in. each. 2 piece typology. Lambda print. 2010.

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Arm

22 in. × 29 in. Lambda print. 2010.

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Right Arm I

24 in. × 22 in. Lambda print. 2010.

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Right Arm II

34 in. × 22 in. Lambda print. 2010.

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Right Arm III

34 in. × 22 in. Lambda print. 2010.

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Typology I

16 in. × 20 in. each. 9 piece typology. Lambda print. 2010.

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Wrists + Hands

20 in. × 96 in. Lightjet Prints

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Wrists

Typology: 20 in. × 48 in., Each: 20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Print

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Six Forearms

Typology: 40 in. × 48 in., Each: 20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Prints

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Forearm I

20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Print

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Forearm II

20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Print

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Forearm III

20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Print

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Forearm IV

20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Print

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Forearm V

20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Print

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Forearm VI

20 in. × 16 in. Lightjet Print

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Installation at Stephen Wirtz Gallery. Photography by Phil Bond philbondphotography.com

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Installation at Stephen Wirtz Gallery. Photography by Phil Bond philbondphotography.com

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Installation at Stephen Wirtz Gallery. Photography by Phil Bond philbondphotography.com