Dr Kavorkian was an Artist?!!




Fever, Jack Kavorkian

 

Brotherhood, Jack Kavorkian


Today I was watching the afternoon news and was intrigued to hear a story that the art work of Dr. Jack Kavorkian is going up for auction. I had no clue he was an artist, but appearantly he was a very talented painter, poet and composer. The currator who was being interviewed said his pieces are expected to fetch over 150,00.00$ After seeing some of his pieces, I am actually very impressed. He uses his knowledge as a physicain and his experiences with death, dying and illness to bring the subjects of his paintings to life with such gusto and intensity. While the theme of his paintings are mostly on the darker side, I find his work enjoyable.
The painting entitled Fever, depicted above really emulates how it feels to be sick with fever. The anatomically correct figure with the intense color of heat can make someone understand what being sick with a fever actually feels like.


Dr. Kavorkian makes use of political satire in a creative and cheeky way in his works. A perfect example is For He Is Raised. It shows Easter Bunnies as The Three Apostles raising Jesus from an Easter Egg. The message I got from it is that bunnies, eggs, jelly beans and fun stuff are more important to some than the actual reason for the season of Easter. The holiday of Easter has been totally commercialized. The message in painting is very hard hitting and may be considered offensive to some.

For He Is Raised



Jack Kavorkian has definately not been one to shy away from controversy. He used the medium and method of political expression of art as those have for hundreds of years. He was an extremely controversial character, even having a movie about his life made about him. He has had numerous prime time specials about his life and work as a physicain who pioneer physicain assisted suicide. His work has made all of us question our feelings about death and dying, terminal illness and our own automony versus the law and values of American society. It is no wonder that many people would hope to own a piece of Kavorkian's origional artwork.

The Gourmet (War)





Very Still Life



Nearer My God To Thee