- Venue
- Hunterian Museum
- Starts
- Tuesday, September 16, 2008
- Ends
- Tuesday, December 23, 2008
- Address
- Royal College of Surgeons of England 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3PE
- Location
- London
Since 2005 the artist Lucy Lyons has researched the phenomenon of disease through drawing focusing specifically on Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva or FOP. This very rare condition turns connective tissue into bone. A secondary skeleton grows, locking parts of the body, confining the sufferer and rendering them immobile within a bony prison. She has studied the skeletons of patients who suffered from this rare disease called Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), in which muscle turns to bone. As well as making drawings of the skeletons of deceased patients, Lucy has interviewed patients living with the condition, and has worked closely with medical researchers studying the cause of the disease. Her work reveals the power of drawing to delineate the hidden structures of disease.Working alongside Martyn Cooke, Head of the Conservation Unit at The Royal College of Surgeons of England, Lucy was given permission to study the remains of two patients and the effects this dramatic illness had on their bodies.
