The Four Humors

 December 1st  through December 5th, 2010
 with the Claire Oliver Gallery at Art Miami..

  The Four Humors is a body of work spanning 2009-2010 which examines the history of scientifically categorizing human behavior, specifically the particular theory of (mis)understanding human psychology invented by the Ancient Greeks.  As the Wikipedia entry describes:

 “Essentially, this theory held that the human body was filled with four basic substances, called four humors, which are in balance when a person is healthy. All diseases and disabilities resulted from an excess or deficit of one of these four humors. The four humors were identified as black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood…. When a patient was suffering from a surplus or imbalance of one fluid, then his or her personality and physical health would be affected.”

 Simply stated, each of the four types could be characterized in the following way:  

• Sanguine -  Too much blood - Passionate, Bold, impulsive
• Melancholic - Too much black bile - Depressed, anxious, moody
• Choleric - Too much yellow bile - Irritable, hostile, bitter
• Phlegmatic - Too much phlegm - Passive, introverted, rational

 I was intrigued with the idea that people could be emotionally and physiologically evaluated based solely off of how much fluid they contained in their bodies.

 I also want to add a deep and sincere thanks to my interns Jon Bashioum, Lyndsey Fryman, Mike Parsley, Sarah Moore, and Chasen Barry for all your awesome help on putting this show together.  You guys worked like fiends... I would have been lost without all of you.

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