The John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science in Houston has a novel exhibit that might tickle the fancy of those who don’t consider themselves traditional museum-goers. As reported by ABC 13,visitors to the museum can try on skin suits molded from the bodies of genuine people by artist Sarah Sitkin. The exhibit, titled Bodysuits, and contains replicas that are so detailed that they contain freckles,scars, and hair.
The Health Museum’s website says that the Bodysuits exhibit is part of a larger collection titled Body As a Work of Art, and which is an “interactive multimedia exploration of how society imposes external concepts of beauty.”“Body as a Work of Art empowers individuals to acknowledge the beauty of the human body – and their own body. Ultimately,each person walks away with a fresh perspective, free of society’s preconceived notions of beauty, or ” states the website.
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Source: inquisitr.com