Paper

2009.02

May Hariri Aboutaam

Gift

Gift of Mary Hariri Aboutaam

2005

12 in

17-3/4 in

Re-Interpreting the Middle East: Beyond the Historical Stereotype (2008)

Cultural/Historical Context

Jean Madison immigrated to Canada in 1977 from England. Madison is the associate professor in charge of printmaking and computer graphics at the University of Guelph. She collaborates as Master printer with many artists from all over the world. Her lithography print workshop was mentioned in the Thames & Hudson manual of Advanced Lithography by Richard Vicar, published in London in 1977. Her current work Is a series of computer graphics, which are concerned with hereditary birth defects, Siamese twins, DNA, botanical and scientific images and issues related to cloning. The exhibition “Body of Science” at the McIntosh Art Gallery at the University of Western Ontario in fall of 2002 showed 20 large scale photo etchings of images concerning the hazards of bioengineering and genetic manipulation. This work represents approximately five years of printmaking. Madison’s work is a statement about the consequences of genetic cloning and underscores the fragility of life. An interactive CD created after the Horst Jansen Museum in Oldenburg, had three genetic prints of Madison’s work and was sent out to 500 museums around the world