Beverly Fishman American, b. 1955
121.9 x 198.1 x 5.1 cm
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This piece is part of a new moment in Fishman's aesthetic explorations that emerged in the past decade, addressing the topic of "polypharmacy." Polypharmacy is the simultaneous use of multiple drugs to treat a single ailment or condition, often issued together as one medication serves to counteract the dangerous side effects of another (primary) medication in the set. Increasingly common, especially among the elderly, the practice is still little understood for all its possible complications. Fishman unites the pills in a common composition, a Frankenstein of intersecting colors and forms which elude comprehension.