Vanessa Ruiz: The spellbinding art of human anatomy
バネッサ・ルイス: 魅惑の人体解剖アート
Vanessa Ruiz documents the intersection of medical illustration and contemporary art. Full bio
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putting our bodies at the center of focus.
なったことに興奮しています
such as preventive medicine,
over every single step we take in a day.
注意を払うようになっています
私たちと体の関係を
between ourselves and our bodies.
推し進めてくれるものです
on the healthy self,
焦点を当てていますが
of the anatomical self is lacking.
不足していると言えます
the location of their vital organs,
subject to learn.
made it through anatomy?
memorizing hundreds of structures.
幾多の構造を覚えました
could do without the help of visuals.
解剖学を学ぶ学生はいません
every little structure or not,
makes studying anatomy so intriguing.
解剖学への興味を掻き立てるからです
a manual of our very selves.
マニュアルを見ているようです
are then shut back
医学教科書のページや
may only be encountered passively
the realm of medical education.
存在してきたわけです
happening right now.
out of the confines of the medical world
医学の世界から解放し
into the public space.
I have been cataloguing and sharing
with the public --
展望から
as a medical illustrator.
分かち合ってきました
how artists are reclaiming anatomy today,
自分たちのものにしたかご覧いただく前に
how art influenced anatomy in the past.
理解することが大切です
very nature a visual science,
this lived during the Renaissance.
ルネッサンス時代に生きていたためです
to their peers in the public.
but also to entertain
楽しむものとする動きが
anatomical illustrations.
実を結んだのです
between science, art and culture
dissected cadavers as alive,
生きているかのように
anatomical stripteases.
解剖学的なストリップを行いました
in your textbooks today.
載っていたらどうでしょうね
posed in literal still lives.
しばしば静物画として表現されました
even included pop culture references.
取り上げたイラストもあります
traveling Europe in the mid-1700s,
was an exciting rarity.
was akin to celebrity sponsorship today.
有名人を起用した宣伝のようなものですね
depth and clarity to anatomy
and art had finally been struck
of medical illustrators.
ついに見つけられました
representation of anatomy --
普遍的な表現を生み出しました
死んでいるわけでもなく
of artistic culture.
受けることのないものです
of medical education.
get to study from today.
into the beauty of the human body.
自然と惹かれるのです
an emotional response --
感情的な反応を
from the medical world,
in the most imaginative ways.
活性化したのです
contemporary artist Fernando Vicente.
フェルナンド・ビセンテがその好例です
illustrations of the male body
男性の解剖学イラストを
to view beyond their surface anatomy,
表面的な解剖にとどまらず
of anatomical representation.
なかったものです
and recovery of the human body.
回復にも見られます
who fractured and dislocated her ankle
足首を折った女性の
architect Federico Carbajal
フェデリコ・カルバハルに
of her damaged lower leg.
ワイヤー彫刻の作成を依頼しました
magnified in the sculpture.
真っ赤なネジにご注目ください
used in reconstructing her ankle.
外科用のネジです
that's been repurposed as art.
the art that I showcase online
画廊の呼び物としての作品を
よく聞かれるのですが
between the technique
自らを知る方法として
of anatomy as a way to know thyself,
コンセプトとのバランスであり
of Michael Reedy struck me.
衝撃を受けました
are often layered in elements of humor.
重ねられていることが多く
insecurity of a skin condition
in the background.
the common perception of anatomy
軽くあしらっています
might not make much sense,
他愛ないものかもしれませんが
is no longer limited to humans.
もはや人に限定されるものではありません
that your toys could come to life?
願ったことはありませんか?
makes those dreams come true
would bring a morbid edge
キャラクターに対して
考える方もいるかもしれませんが
in a child's reaction to my work is fear."
怖がったことはない」と言います
is a learned reaction.
生来のものではないのです
politically and socially charged objects.
社会的なオブジェクトにも拡大しています
『アナトミー・オブ・ウォー』では
to reveal human organs.
you might also notice
placed the rectum
I've been following for many years,
次のアーティストは
the public about anatomy.
in the process of self-dissection.
light and shadow.
to painting directly on the human skin.
skin has actually been removed.
実際に はがしたようにするので
into a medical illustration.
traveling the world,
via his body paintings,
解剖学を教えているのですが
so shocking to find out
from medical illustration programs.
外されてしまいました
the medical world and the art world
アーティスト達もいて
directly on the streets.
giant X-rays of pop culture icons.
巨大なレントゲン像にしています
can come to have an anatomy of its own,
独自の生体構造を持つようになり
part of the anatomy of a person.
なりえるのかを示しています
let alone with spray paint,
レントゲン像を複製するのは
a degree in applied chemistry.
ナイコスは
to a whole new level,
on walls all over the world.
スプレーで描いています
and enticing energy into anatomy
解剖学に持ち込みました
that art belongs to the public.
アートは公共の物だと信じています
切り離されたところにあり
from the medical world.
perceptions about anatomy,
変化しうる関係であるため
and often changing relationship with it.
that I showed you here today
illustrations for their art.
医学図解を参照しています
the human body on a meaningful level;
基礎となるもの―
ストリートアートであれ
医学教科書のページから飛び出して
the pages of a medical textbook,
in the medical world,
内なる自分と体を―
with our bodies through art.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Vanessa Ruiz - Anatomical artistVanessa Ruiz documents the intersection of medical illustration and contemporary art.
Why you should listen
Vanessa Ruiz is the driving force behind Street Anatomy, a blog that aggregates works that explore the intersection of art and medical illustration. Since its 2007 launch, Street Anatomy has published more than one thousand posts, revealing human anatomy in pencil drawings, tattoos, 3-D printing and interior design, among other media.
Fascinated by the surge in street art that was happening in Chicago while she pursued a master’s degree in biomedical visualization at the University of Illinois, Ruiz found a lack of public knowledge about the profession. She created Street Anatomy in the hopes of taking medical illustration into more public spaces and built an online resource for the public to discover contemporary anatomical art that gained instant popularity.
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