A cover of a book entitled "RN: The Past, Present, and Future of The Nurses' Uniform." The book is taller than it is wide and includes three pictures at the top: A black and white photo of the backs of four nurses, a close-up of a collar, and a digital rendering of a figure of a woman in a dress.

A title page spread for a book entitled "RN: The Past, Present, and Future of The Nurses' Uniform." The 'RN' of the title is embroidered like a uniform patch. The left page features an old photograph of three women nurses with a bright red saturated filter.

A book spread featuring images and details of nurses' uniforms. On the left, an illustration of a woman wearing an early 19th century nurse's uniform. The page is fully saturated in red. The right page is broken into four quadrants, each featuring a black and white photographic detail of a conceptual nurse's uniform.

A book spread introducing a chapter called "The Wearable Monument." The left page is fully saturated in red with the article title, intro, and a small annotated illustration of a uniform. On the right page, a collage of sheets from an old magazine or book exploring nurse training and uniforms with black and white illustrations.

A book spread with the left page featuring a red-saturated photo of a cluttered studio. The right page is broken into nine rectangular photos, all black and white details of fabric garments and labels.

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RN: The Past, Present, and Future of the Nurses' Uniform

Description

RN: The Past, Present and Future of the Nurses’ Uniform investigates the often subtle ways in which the uniform, by design, informs notions of identity, professional hierarchy and labor within the field. The related exhibition by artists Mark Dion and J. Morgan Puett combined historical artifacts with the artists’ creations resulting from their FWM residency: the Ideal Nurses’ Uniform for the contemporary nurse, and futuristic uniforms such as Bioterrorism Nurse, Diagnostic Nurse, Post-Apocalyptic Nurse, and Intergalactic Nurse.

Includes an introduction by Ellen Napier, artists’ acknowledgments by Mark Dion and J. Morgan Puett, and texts by Michael Oatman, Lynn Houweling, and Iain Kerr.

Soft cover, 72 pages
Offset-printed, glue bound, black-and-white & color
10 x 7.5 inches

ISBN 0972455604

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