A horse figurine with a broken leg, a teacup in many pieces, an anatomy book missing half an illustration — these are among the broken objects that have inspired or will be part of multimedia artist Tanya Gill’s November exhibition (working title “Mend, Broken, Yet Whole”) at the International Museum of Surgical Science. The culmination of an artist residency that began in February, the show will include work on objects that have been found, loaned or sent to her to be mended and to have their stories told.
Gill, 53, invited the Sun-Times to her Pilsen studio at Mana Contemporary Chicago, 2233 S. Throop St., to talk about her process and the relationship between art and healing.
