Yale Daily News: Art Exhibit Adorns Medical School (excerpt)
November 7, 2003 BY JEFF MUSKUS
University of
Connecticut professor James Oliver Robertson speaks at the opening of a new
exhibit at the Yale Physicians Building Thursday. Robertson, who has been
treated for leukemia at the School of Medicine, has contributed art to the
exhibit. His work is mostly oil paintings, many of which explored themes
relating to living with cancer. (HANNAH MILCH/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER) [...] Many of the participating artists live and work in the New Haven area.
Printmaker and mixed media artist Evie Lindemann, for example, works at the Yale
School of Nursing with children who have Type I diabetes. "I thought this would be a good opportunity to share my reflections about
people I work with and what they tell me about," Lindemann said. "Through my
art, I've tried to explore what happens to people when they get sick, how they
change both physically and emotionally, what they need." Though most of the artists featured in the exhibit hail from Connecticut,
there were notable exceptions. In attendance was Chinese painter Cuiying Zhang,
who -- through the use of her interpreter, Yale School of Medicine postdoctoral
fellow Yanping Lu -- said she has received considerable international attention
for her paintings, which "manifest the truthfulness, compassion and tolerance of
Falun Dafa." Falun Dafa, a meditation exercise to which Zhang credits her recovery from
crippling arthritis, has indirectly gained her nearly as much international
attention as her paintings. Her role as an advocate for the exercise resulted in
her eight-month imprisonment in China in 2000. Lu, who is also president of the Connecticut Chinese Culture Association,
echoed Zhang's appreciation for the "channels to voice out concerns" found in
the U.S. She said the American government has been "really supportive" of Zhang,
who appreciates that consideration. After Clark's introductions and a complimentary dinner on the building's
first floor, selections from Caduceus, the new Yale Medical Group Art Place
Poetry Anthology, were read aloud. The exhibit will be on display and for sale through April 2004. http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=24001
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