Christine Borland
Artist Cv
Christine Borland explores the arena of medical practise as part of a broader interest in the systems and processes that shape our society. Through her sculptures, videos and installations she finds ways to cross the imaginary line dividing the body from the self, the specimen from the individual, the doctor from the patient, in an attempt to recuperate something of the essence of being human. She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1997.
Christine Borland lives and works in Scotland
Artist Contact
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Artist News
What is Life - Christine Borland, Graham Fagen, Simon Starling
Exhibition Hall, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
12 July - 31 August 2008
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Communication Suite
Glasgow University, Glasgow
8 July - 1 August 2008
Darwin's Canopy
Natural History Museum, London
4 June - 14 September 2008
Natural History Museum
The Green Room: Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art (Part I)
CCS Bard Hessel Museum, New York.
27 September 2008 - 1 February 2009
Natural History Museum
Artist Press
Living SubjectsChristine Borland/Craig Richardson.
Published in Preserves, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 2006
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'What makes for the fullness and perfection of life........"
".....FOR BEAUTY AND HAPPINESS IS GOOD. WHAT MAKES FOR DEATH, DISEASE, IMPERFECTION, SUFFERING IS BAD."
By Katrina M. Brown, Director of The Common Guild.
First published in Progressive Disorder , Dundee Contemporary Arts, 2001
Reproduced in Preserves, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 2006
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Artist Exhibitions
Christine Borland February 2 - March 20, 2004View Exhibition
Christine Borland March 27 - May 5, 2001
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A Shot in the Head July 14 - September 9, 2000
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Christine Borland April 12 - May 10, 1997
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Artist Images
SimMan, Still (Mouth), 2007 65 x 83.5 x 3 cm (Framed)
Support Work: Hippocrates, 2006 Installation view Christine Borland: Preserves, The Collection, Lincoln 10 February - 7 May 2007
The Velocity of Drops: X Ray Room, 2004 Framed photograph 69 x 69 x 2.5cm
The Velocity of Drops: X Ray Room, 2004 Framed photograph 69 x 69 x 2.5 cm
The Velocity of Drops: X Ray Room, 2004 Framed photograph 69 x 69 x 2.5 cm
The Velocity of Drops: X Ray Room, 2004 Framed photograph 69 x 69 x 2.5 cm
Bullet Proof Breath, 2001 Glass, spider's silk, steel 34 x 22 x 22 cm
Spirit Collection: Hippocrates, 1999 Glass vessels, bleached and preserved leaves of a plane tree Dimensions variable
Infantile Paralysis: Endless Walk (engraved by Duchenne, 1858), 1999 2 DVD players, 2 LCD projectors Dimensions variable
Family Conversation Piece, 1998 Porcelain, wood, glass Dimensions variable
Die Toten Lehren die Lebenden - The Dead Teach the Living, 1997 ABS Plastic, wood, text Dimensions variable