Slideshow: Behold: 'Ebola Is Beautiful'

credit Reinhard NestelbacherA photograph of mice embryos used by Reinhard Nestelbacher in an artwork called "Hidden Scientific Bodies" at Theater Kampnagel in March 2002. Nestelbacher collected the images, and asked spectators of his show to imagine that the pictures were not created by scientists, but strictly for art, to explore the boundaries between art and […]


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A photograph of mice embryos used by Reinhard Nestelbacher in an artwork called "Hidden Scientific Bodies" at Theater Kampnagel in March 2002. Nestelbacher collected the images, and asked spectators of his show to imagine that the pictures were not created by scientists, but strictly for art, to explore the boundaries between art and science. The mice were originally used in scientific http://www.genesdev.org/cgi/content/full/15/13/1688 research.

credit Courtesy of http://www.artbyhunter.com/index.html Hunter O’Reilly, Ph.D.
"Ebola Is Beautiful," digital print, plexiglass and neon; 2001.

credit Courtesy of http://www.artbyhunter.com/index.html Hunter O’Reilly, Ph.D.
Dr. Hunter O’Reilly.Photo by Brian Bednarek.

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"A Few Cells Create a Kidney and a New Life: Portrait of Shauna Anderson," digital; 2002. Anderson http://www.humancloning.org/shauna.htm promotes cloning and hopes the technology will one day give her a new kidney.

credit Courtesy of http://www.artbyhunter.com/index.html Hunter O’Reilly, Ph.D.
"Madonna con Clon," oil on canvas; 2001.

credit Courtesy of http://www.artbyhunter.com/index.html Hunter O’Reilly, Ph.D.
"The System Forgets Scientists Are Only Human," detail of laboratory installation by Hunter O’Reilly, PhD (2001-2002). Photo by Brian Bednarek.

credit Courtesy of http://www.artbyhunter.com/index.html Hunter O’Reilly, Ph.D.
"Anthrax Clock," digital; 2002.

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Mice photographed using the same technique used to photograph Alba the glowing bunny. The mice were part of an art project by Reinhard Nestelbacher called Green, part of http://www.aec.at/ Ars Electronica, 2001.

credit Courtesy of http://www.artbyhunter.com/index.html Hunter O’Reilly, Ph.D.
Cover of July 2001 issue of Trends in Ecology and Evolution featuring "Speciation," oil on canvas.