WHEN:
January 31 - March 16, 2025
WHERE:
International Museum of Surgical Science
1524 N Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60610
TICKETS:
For more information and tickets visit the International Museum of Surgical Science website.
A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...During a life-threatening battle with Endocarditis in 2021, while heavily sedated in intensive care after open-heart surgery, I experienced extraordinary ‘Closed-eye visualizations.’ These temporary pseudo-hallucinations transformed my thoughts into crystallized, illuminated images against intense darkness. For two remarkable days, I could direct these visions, flying through imagined landscapes filled with vibrant color and motion. What remained imprinted in my mind were pulsating shapes in vivid color that brought unexpected calm during a critical time. These memories flowed from mind to paper in the months that followed, resulting in “Night Sight” – a series of works in waxed and chalk-pastel pencils and acrylic paint on Canson paper. — Shar Coulson..."
