Blood Scarf by Laura Splan

Blood Scarf succeeds as a work of art in several ways.  First, the piece elicits a feeling of queasiness, garnering strong reactions seeing a woman wearing a scarf filled with her own blood.   Yet by turning the medical tubing into a scarf, Splan draws attention to not only the beautiful red hue of our blood, but also to its biological purpose of circulating nutrients and warmth to our bodies.  She shows the fragility of such a system, thus succeeding in creating a piece of art that brings attention to biological facts through subjective emotions.