Katharina Sabernig

Knitted Anatomy

studio, Neue Galerie Graz, Joanneumsviertel, 8010 Graz

Curated by Günther Holler-Schuster
Opening: 24.03.2022, 7 pm
Duration: 25.03.–03.07.2022
Free entrance!

Info exhibition: +43-316/8017-9100
Info press: +43-316/8017-9213 and -9214
presse@museum-joanneum.at

About the exhibition

Katharina Sabernig is a doctor and anthropologist who has worked with anatomical illustrations, visualised medicine and Tibetan medical terminology. Inspired by the diversity of anatomical representations and the ethical issues associated with this art, she began knitting anatomical objects in 2015. In her current project, she depicts the topography of internal organs and their vascular supply, taking the size of an adult person as a starting point.

Katharina Sabernig studied ethnomedicine and medicine in Vienna, completing her doctorate on ‘Visualised Medicine’, in which she deciphered the contents of murals in the medical faculty of the Tibetan monastery of Labrang. The anatomical terms she identified led to her second major project dedicated to Tibetan and Asian history of anatomical depiction, which ultimately inspired her work on ‘knitted anatomy’. The purpose of her work is to visualise medical content and thereby promote understanding of the current situation. It is hoped that this form of presentation will help reduce emotions such as fear, rejection or aggression and instead find an approach to the topic that is more sensory.

Images

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Press material

Downloads

why_knitting-katharina-sabernig-ENG.pdf (394 KB)

Images for download

Material

Katharina Sabernig, "Artery," 2016-2022,

cotton, wire and snaps, knitted and crocheted, 82 x 55 x 8 cm, photo: © Katharina Sabernig

Katharina-Sabernig-Gestrickte-Anatomie-2021-Neue-Galerie-Graz.jpg (1.53 MB)

Katharina Sabernig, „Covid-19 and chaos in the body“,

2020, photo print on paper, 120 x 85 cm, photo: © Katharina Sabernig

covid-19 und chaos im koerper-Katharina Sabernig.jpg (2.14 MB)

Katharina Sabernig, „Covid-19 and the gastrointestinal tract“, 2020,

photo print on paper, 120 x 85 cm, photo: © Katharina Sabernig

covid-19 und der gastrointestinaltrakt-Katharina Sabernig.jpg (1.91 MB)

Katharina Sabernig, „Covid-19 and thrombosis or embolism“, 2020,

photo print on paper, 120 x 85 cm, photo: © Katharina Sabernig

covid-19 und thrombosen oder embolien-Katharina Sabernig.jpg (1.97 MB)

Katharina Sabernig, „Covid-19 and the lung“, 2020,

photo print on paper, 120 x 85 cm, photo: © Katharina Sabernig

covid 19 und die lunge-Katharina Sabernig.jpg (1.58 MB)

Katharina Sabernig, „Male urogenital system“, 2020,

photo print on paper, 30 x 40 cm, photo: © Katharina Sabernig

Maennlicher-Urogenitaltrakt Katharina Sabernig.jpg (2.83 MB)

Katharina Sabernig, „Staging urothelial carcinoma“, 2018,

cotton yarn, knitted, 22 x 15 cm, photo: © Katharina Sabernig

stadien urothelkarzinom-Katharina-Sabernig.jpg (2.81 MB)

Katharina Sabernig, „Cervical carcinoma T1“, 2019,

photo print on paper, 30 x 40 cm, photo: © Katharina Sabernig

Gebaermutterhalskarzinom-Katharina Sabernig-T1.jpg (2.25 MB)

Katharina Sabernig, „Cervical carcinoma T2“, 2019, photo print on paper,

30 x 40 cm, photo: © Katharina Sabernig

Gebaermutterhalskarzinom-Katharina Sabernig-T2.jpg (1.19 MB)

Katharina Sabernig, „Cervical carcinoma T3“, 2019,

photo print on paper, 30 x 40 cm, photo: © Katharina Sabernig

Gebaermutterhalskarzinom-Katharina Sabernig-T3.jpg (1.07 MB)

Katharina Sabernig, „Cervical carcinoma T4“, 2019,

photo print on paper, 30 x 40 cm, photo: © Katharina Sabernig

Gebaermutterhalskarzinom-Katharina-Sabernig-T4.jpg (1.65 MB)

Katharina Sabernig, „Veins and lymphatic vessels“ und „Arteries“, 2016-2022,

cotton, wire and snaps, knitted and crocheted, detachable, each ca. 82 × 55 × 8 cm, photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

vitrine 1 venen und lymphgefaesse arterien.jpg (1.16 MB)

Katharina Sabernig, „ Peripheral nerves“, 2016-2022,

cotton, wire and snaps, knitted and crocheted, 75–115 cm, photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

vitrine 2 periphere nerven.jpg (1.12 MB)

Katharina Sabernig, „Intestine“, 2016,

Cotton, knitted and crocheted, 50 × 60 × 14 cm, photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

vitrine 3 darm.jpg (2.57 MB)

Katharina Sabernig, „3,820 letters“, 2021,

cotton and wire, knitted and crocheted, 44 x 60 x 17 cm, photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

vitrine 4 buchstaben 2.jpg (1.51 MB)

Installation view for download

Material

Artist Katharina Sabernig,

photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/N. Lackner

sabernig 03.jpg (0.54 MB)

Artist Katharina Sabernig and curator Günther Holler-Schuster,

photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

Sabernig-Holler-Schuster J.J. Kucek.jpg (1.16 MB)

curator Günther Holler-Schuster and artist Katharina Sabernig,

photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

Holler-Schuster Sabernig J.J. Kucek 02.jpg (1.43 MB)

exhibition opening, Katharina Sabernig „Knitted Anatomy“,

Photo: Universalmuseum Joanneum/J.J. Kucek

Eroeffnung-Sabernig J.J. Kucek.jpg (1.25 MB)