Amputee Priscilla Sutton the founder and curator of Spare Parts, an exhibition which gives an artistic new lease of life to prosthetic limbs is staging a show in London to coincide with the Paralympic Games.
The exhibition at the Rag Factory, just off Brick Lane, from 25th August to 9th September will feature a collection of prosthetic limbs turned into artistic creations.
Priscilla Sutton, an art enthusiast based in Brisbane, Australia, is an amputee after suffering from a debilitating bone condition.
She first got the idea to transform prosthetic limbs into works of art when she came across two disused prosthetic legs when spring-cleaning her house five years ago. She didn’t want to keen hoarding them for sentimental reasons and decided to commission an artist to recreate something original – using the items as a blank canvas.
A new batch of prosthetics has been donated for the latest exhibition, only five were part of the original Brisbane show.
To find out more see spareparts2012.com
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