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Water Lily, Black-eyed Susan, Fern by Yulia Hanansen
ART AT MAYO CLINIC
Water Lily, Black-eyed Susan, Fern by Yulia Hanansen Recognizing the contribution art has had in the Mayo Clinic environment since the original Mayo Clinic Building was finished in 1914, Mayo Clinic Proceedings features some of the numerous works of art displayed throughout the buildings and grounds on Mayo Clinic campuses as interpreted by the author.
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ulia Hanansen (1972- ), an awardwinning artist, was born in Moscow, Russia,1 into a family of mosaic artists. She received her BFA in 1996, studying painting and graphics, from the Cooper Union in New York, New York; her MA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, with a focus in graphics in 1998; and her MFA from Columbia University in New York in 2000, with concentration in graphics, painting, and photography.1,2 Hanansen is an adjunct professor at the College of Arts and Communications at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. She also maintains her own gallery e Mosaic Sphere Studio in Baltimore. As represented in Water Lily, Black-eyed Susan, Fern, Hanansen has an affinity with flowers,3 but also includes broader themes in her works such as climate change and the cosmos.2 Technologically, Hanansen uses a layered glass technique in which she applies tiles on top of each other to produce paintlike impressions.2
Water Lily, Black-eyed Susan, Fern incorporate nature and technology. Several of the tiles in Fern contain real trees within the fern leaf, giving it a lively and reflective nature for the mosaic, with the created trees in the background. Although it is the camera flash appearing in Water Lily, the effect is one of sunshine dancing off the water, which lends reality to the aqua flora. Foreground and background in Black-eyed Susan are equally interesting e the wisp of the clouds and the purple seed-pods provide contrast. The cobalt blue in all 3 mosaics unifies the collection.
Mayo Clin Proc. n February 2018;93(2):e19-e20 n https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2017.12.014 www.mayoclinicproceedings.org n ª 2017 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
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Water Lily, Black-eyed Susan, and Fern are located in the hallway access to the Generose building of the Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus, Rochester, Minnesota. Margaret R. Wentz, BA
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1. 2015 Featured Presenters: Society of Mosic Artists. March 13-14, 2015; Philadelphia, PA. https://americanmosaics.org/?page_ id¼6986. Accessed November 17, 2017. 2. About Yulia Hanansen Resume. Mosiaic Sphere Studio website. http://www.mosaicsphere.com/resume.html. Accessed November 16, 2017. 3. Mosaic Art Now website. http://www.mosaicartnow.com/2012/ 06/cosmic-powers-earthly-flowers-yulia-hanansen/. Accessed November 16, 2017.
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2017.12.014 www.mayoclinicproceedings.org
Water Lily, Black-eyed Susan, Fern by Yulia Hanansen Recognizing the contribution art has had in the Mayo Clinic environment since the original Mayo Clinic Building was finished in 1914, Mayo Clinic Proceedings features some of the numerous works of art displayed throughout the buildings and grounds on Mayo Clinic campuses as interpreted by the author.
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ulia Hanansen (1972- ), an awardwinning artist, was born in Moscow, Russia,1 into a family of mosaic artists. She received her BFA in 1996, studying painting and graphics, from the Cooper Union in New York, New York; her MA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, with a focus in graphics in 1998; and her MFA from Columbia University in New York in 2000, with concentration in graphics, painting, and photography.1,2 Hanansen is an adjunct professor at the College of Arts and Communications at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. She also maintains her own gallery e Mosaic Sphere Studio in Baltimore. As represented in Water Lily, Black-eyed Susan, Fern, Hanansen has an affinity with flowers,3 but also includes broader themes in her works such as climate change and the cosmos.2 Technologically, Hanansen uses a layered glass technique in which she applies tiles on top of each other to produce paintlike impressions.2
Water Lily, Black-eyed Susan, Fern incorporate nature and technology. Several of the tiles in Fern contain real trees within the fern leaf, giving it a lively and reflective nature for the mosaic, with the created trees in the background. Although it is the camera flash appearing in Water Lily, the effect is one of sunshine dancing off the water, which lends reality to the aqua flora. Foreground and background in Black-eyed Susan are equally interesting e the wisp of the clouds and the purple seed-pods provide contrast. The cobalt blue in all 3 mosaics unifies the collection.
Mayo Clin Proc. n February 2018;93(2):e19-e20 n https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2017.12.014 www.mayoclinicproceedings.org n ª 2017 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
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MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS
Water Lily, Black-eyed Susan, and Fern are located in the hallway access to the Generose building of the Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus, Rochester, Minnesota. Margaret R. Wentz, BA
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Mayo Clin Proc.
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1. 2015 Featured Presenters: Society of Mosic Artists. March 13-14, 2015; Philadelphia, PA. https://americanmosaics.org/?page_ id¼6986. Accessed November 17, 2017. 2. About Yulia Hanansen Resume. Mosiaic Sphere Studio website. http://www.mosaicsphere.com/resume.html. Accessed November 16, 2017. 3. Mosaic Art Now website. http://www.mosaicartnow.com/2012/ 06/cosmic-powers-earthly-flowers-yulia-hanansen/. Accessed November 16, 2017.
February 2018;93(2):e19-e20
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2017.12.014 www.mayoclinicproceedings.org