Klimt and osteoclasts
Red and pink dots. These are the flowers painted by Gustav Klimt in 1905 in Rosiers sous les arbres (Rosebushes under the trees). This scene, like all of his work in this period, bears witness to a growing abstraction.
Other dots of colour, here in another work. An interior scene, a living scape within. “Because all of us, beyond our superficial differences, are pointillist scenes composed of tiny living beings” says the microbiologist Lynn Margulis.
And this is true here, in the core of our bones, ever in a state of deconstruction and reconstruction. The osteoclasts, coloured in red, are cells that break-down bone. And this image reveals a zone of intense bone growth and resorption activity.
Exterior scene revealed by art. Interior scene revealed by science.
Réalisation :
Hervé Nisic
Production :
Universcience, Inserm
Année de production :
2016
Durée :
1min23