10 / AMAM.OBERLIN.EDU ON VIEW / SOUTHWEST AMBULATORY / AUG 29–JAN 23 THE INVISIBLE BODY What is inside us? For many, our inner workings can be a source of fear, only thought about in the context of illness, injury, and aging. For others, the mystery of the human interior—the invisible body—has sparked a deep curiosity that has been pursued through religion, science, and art. The works on view in this exhibition present different inner visions of the body. One vision is of the anatomical body, revealed through dissection and scientific study. Another vision derives frommeditation and spiritual inquiry, and sees the inner body as a microcosm, paralleling the structures of the exterior universe, or macrocosm. A final inner vision is that of the artist, adapting these other modes of understanding the invisible body to reflect and comment on their own experiences. Organized by Kevin R. E. Greenwood, Joan L. Danforth Curator of Asian Art. Right: Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty (French, 1716–1785), Man Seen from the Rear, Ecorché and Dissected, Except for the Right Arm and Face, Kneeling on a Bench, 1759. Etching and engraving with mezzotint in four plates. R. T. Miller Jr. Fund, 2014.53. Below: Leonard Baskin (American, 1922–2000), The Anatomist, 1952. Woodcut. Bequest of Parks and Christie Campbell, 2020.17.30.
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