Scents and Medical Sensibility is an exhibit now running at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center in Washington, DC:
Have you ever pondered how the olfactory sense affects visual perception, or how a scent can evoke a dormant childhood memory? In this unconventional exhibition international curator, art critic and clinical allergist, Dr. Kóan Jeff Baysa, asks artists and fragrance researchers to explore how the physical self experiences and knows the world through the sense of smell. So by trading in their paints for aromatic oils and fragrances the participating artists transform the traditional gallery into an olfactory lab, where visitors directly experience the connection between physical health and visual aesthetics.
Exhibiting artists include Peter Hopkins, Mathias Kessler, Josee Lepage, Anne McClain, Gayil Nalls, Carrie Paterson, Jiayi Young, Shih-Wen Young and Tobias. The exhibit runs through May 1.
On April 8th, the gallery will present a talk at 6:30 pm: The Nose Knows: The Mysterious Connections Between Smells, Emotions and Health, With Robert I. Henkin, MD of the Taste and Smell Clinic and Ada Polla of Alchimie Forever. Admission is free.
The gallery is located at 1632 U St NW, and more information can be found at their website.
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Cool.
It does sound cool. Would love to hear that talk…
I live close enough, I’ll definitely check this out. Thanks for sharing.
Do let us know how it is!
Perfume and Medicine… I so want to go!
It does sound fascinating.
I know, as a perfume lover and physician, this is a match made in heaven.
Wow. I just want to take a moment to stand up and applaud an ALLERGIST for putting this exhibit together. He sounds like a very interesting man. Will have to look him up and see if he’s written anything.
I noticed that too — very unusual!
awWw why can’t they do this in MoMA or Metropolitan…
there are so many museums in the city. =(
I would love to go-
Hey, NY has all the fun! Leave something for other cities, LOL…
hahahaha- totally-