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Name: Nude paintings removed from British hospital exhibit
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Artist: Helen Purdie Confronting Bodies: Northern General Hospital Directors of Nursing Date of Action: July 2009 Specific Location: Sheffield County, South Yorkshire, UK Description of Artwork: The paintings were part of a joint exhibition with another artist, Jonathan Michaels, called Another Self. Both artists have worked in health care for many years, and the artwork was an attempt to explore their "other selves," aspects about their lives separate from their careers. The paintings were linked to self-portraits of Purdie in her surgical scrubs.
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