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  2. Body Worlds - Wikipedia

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    Body Worlds (German title: Körperwelten) is a traveling exposition of dissected human bodies, animals, and other anatomical structures of the body that have been preserved through the process of plastination. Gunther von Hagens developed the preservation process which "unite [s] subtle anatomy and modern polymer chemistry", [1] in the late 1970s.

  3. Bodies: The Exhibition - Wikipedia

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    Bodies: The Exhibition is an exhibition showcasing human bodies that have been preserved through a process called plastination and dissected to display bodily systems. [1] It opened in Tampa, Florida on August 20, 2005. [2] It is similar to, though not affiliated with, the exhibition Body Worlds (which opened in 1995).

  4. Amy Cheng (visual artist) - Wikipedia

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    In 1967 her family moved from Brazil to Oklahoma City, OK, and, in 1969 to Dallas, TX. [3] [2] She received a BFA in Painting from the University Texas at Austin (1978) and an M.F.A. in Painting from Hunter College, City University of New York (1982). Cheng lived in New York City from 1978 to 1989 when she moved to Tivoli in New York's Mid ...

  5. Plastination - Wikipedia

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    Plastination is a technique or process used in anatomy to preserve bodies or body parts, first developed by Gunther von Hagens in 1977. [1] The water and fat are replaced by certain plastics, yielding specimens that can be touched, do not smell or decay, and even retain most properties of the original sample. [2]

  6. Gunther von Hagens - Wikipedia

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    Alt-Skalden, Reichsgau Wartheland, Germany (Now Poland) Occupation. Anatomist. Spouse. Angelina Whalley [1] Children. Rurik, Bera, and Tona [2] Gunther von Hagens (born Gunther Gerhard Liebchen; 10 January 1945) is a German anatomist, businessman and lecturer. He developed the technique for preserving biological tissue specimens called ...

  7. Robert Morris (artist) - Wikipedia

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    Robert Morris (February 9, 1931 – November 28, 2018) was an American sculptor, conceptual artist and writer. He was regarded as having been one of the most prominent theorists of Minimalism [1] along with Donald Judd, but also made important contributions to the development of performance art, land art, the Process Art movement, and installation art. [2]

  8. Texas City disaster - Wikipedia

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    The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay.It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions.

  9. Letitia Huckaby - Wikipedia

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    They participated in exhibitions, public lectures, workshops, a procession, and educational events that explored themes linked with the 19th amendment or celebrated women who were influential in their lives or society. [23] State of the Art 2020: This exhibition consisted of over 100 artworks by 61 different artists, including Letitia Huckaby ...