Avian Influenza (H5N1), commonly known as Bird Flu, refers to “influenza caused by viruses adapted to birds”.
The first version, made in 2005, is one of Jerram’s earliest Glass Microbiology artworks. As such it is more abstract than the later 2012 artwork. In 2009, The Mori Museum, Tokyo exhibited this work in an exhibition called Medicine and Art, with works from Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol, Marc Quinn and Leonardo da Vinci.
Museum Collections
Wellcome Collection, London
With thanks to the Wellcome Collection for use of the imagery above.