Beverly Fishman has spent most of her artistic career investigating the relationship between the body and disease, probing the pharmaceutical promise of costly “cures.” In her pursuit of these questions, she has developed a distinct visual vocabulary of sculptural wall reliefs that combine glowing fluorescent and smooth matte forms, with each geometric fragment representing a medicinal dose. Sleek and collage-like, these compositions mimic the precision of individualized prescriptions.
With a “finish fetish” luster, Fishman’s polished surfaces enhance the seductive promise of relief—forming an alluring visual cocktail that embodies both remedy and reliance. These visual motifs echo principles of high modernist design, but rather than merely referencing those concepts, Fishman exaggerates them to a point of mechanistic perfection such that they unravel their own ideals, underscoring the dangerous extremes of our pharmaceutical system.
