Vanessa Ruiz: The spellbinding art of human anatomy
Vanessa Ruiz: L'art fascinant de l'anatomia humana
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.
ens centrem en els nostres cossos.
such as preventive medicine,
com la medicina preventiva,
over every single step we take in a day.
between ourselves and our bodies.
entre nosaltres i els nostres cossos.
on the healthy self,
of the anatomical self is lacking.
sobre el jo anatòmic són escassos.
the location of their vital organs,
on són els òrgans vitals,
subject to learn.
i cal molt de temps.
made it through anatomy?
memorizing hundreds of structures.
a memoritzar centenars d'estructures.
could do without the help of visuals.
podria fer sense l'ajuda de suport visual.
every little structure or not,
makes studying anatomy so intriguing.
sigui intrigant són les imatges.
a manual of our very selves.
are then shut back
may only be encountered passively
the realm of medical education.
dins l'àmbit de la formació mèdica.
happening right now.
out of the confines of the medical world
dels confins de la medicina
into the public space.
I have been cataloguing and sharing
with the public --
as a medical illustrator.
com a il·lustradora mèdica.
how artists are reclaiming anatomy today,
com l'art recupera l'anatomia,
how art influenced anatomy in the past.
s'ha vist influïda per l'art.
very nature a visual science,
per naturalesa, una ciència visual,
this lived during the Renaissance.
per primer cop, al Renaixement.
to their peers in the public.
amb els seus col·legues.
but also to entertain
a més d'ensenyar,
anatomical illustrations.
d'il·lustracions anatòmiques.
between science, art and culture
en una lluita entre ciència, art i cultura
dissected cadavers as alive,
cadàvers dissecats com a vius,
anatomical stripteases.
anatòmiques divertides.
in your textbooks today.
als vostres llibres.
posed in literal still lives.
com natures mortes.
even included pop culture references.
tenien referències de la cultura popular.
traveling Europe in the mid-1700s,
per Europa a mitjans de 1700,
was an exciting rarity.
era una raresa emocionant.
was akin to celebrity sponsorship today.
era similar al patrocini d'un famós avui.
depth and clarity to anatomy
i claredat a l'anatomia
and art had finally been struck
entre l'art i la ciència
of medical illustrators.
representation of anatomy --
universal de l'anatomia,
of artistic culture.
de la cultura artística.
la precisió sense adorns
of medical education.
benefici de l'educació mèdica.
get to study from today.
into the beauty of the human body.
amb la bellesa del cos humà.
an emotional response --
from the medical world,
del món de la medicina,
in the most imaginative ways.
de maneres molt imaginatives.
contemporary artist Fernando Vicente.
contemporani espanyol Fernando Vicente.
illustrations of the male body
del segle XIX del cos masculí
to view beyond their surface anatomy,
més enllà de la seva anatomia superficial,
of anatomical representation.
de la representació anatòmica.
and recovery of the human body.
i la recuperació del cos humà.
who fractured and dislocated her ankle
amb el turmell dislocat
architect Federico Carbajal
Federico Carbajal, amb seu a Mont-real,
of her damaged lower leg.
de la seva cama ferida.
magnified in the sculpture.
ampliats a l'escultura.
used in reconstructing her ankle.
usats per reconstruir el seu turmell.
that's been repurposed as art.
the art that I showcase online
com escullo el que mostro en línia
between the technique
of anatomy as a way to know thyself,
de l'anatomia com a forma de conèixer-se,
of Michael Reedy struck me.
l'obra de Michael Reedy.
are often layered in elements of humor.
es superposen a elements humorístics.
insecurity of a skin condition
causada per un problema de pell
in the background.
the common perception of anatomy
la percepció de l'anatomia
might not make much sense,
potser no té gaire sentit,
is no longer limited to humans.
no està limitada als humans.
that your toys could come to life?
makes those dreams come true
would bring a morbid edge
in a child's reaction to my work is fear."
a la meva obra sigui por."
is a learned reaction.
és una reacció que s'aprèn.
politically and socially charged objects.
a objectes amb càrrega política i social.
de Noah Scalin,
to reveal human organs.
per mostrar òrgans humans.
you might also notice
placed the rectum
amb molta consideració,
I've been following for many years,
que fa molts anys que segueixo,
the public about anatomy.
in the process of self-dissection.
durant el procés d'auto-dissecció.
de la il·lustració mèdica
light and shadow.
to painting directly on the human skin.
pintar directament sobre la pell humana.
skin has actually been removed.
que la persona no té pell de debò.
into a medical illustration.
en una il·lustració mèdica.
traveling the world,
via his body paintings,
mitjançant la pintura corporal,
so shocking to find out
tan sorprenent descobrir
from medical illustration programs.
dels programes d'il·lustració mèdica.
the medical world and the art world
tant de la medicina com de l'art
directly on the streets.
giant X-rays of pop culture icons.
d'icones de la cultura popular.
can come to have an anatomy of its own,
pot tenir una anatomia pròpia,
part of the anatomy of a person.
formar part de l'anatomia d'una persona.
let alone with spray paint,
i a més a més amb esprais,
a degree in applied chemistry.
to a whole new level,
a un nou extrem,
on walls all over the world.
en parets d'arreu del món.
and enticing energy into anatomy
una energia molt jove i seductora
that art belongs to the public.
que l'art és del públic.
from the medical world.
món de la medicina.
perceptions about anatomy,
and often changing relationship with it.
i íntima que hi tenim.
that I showed you here today
illustrations for their art.
per crear el seu art.
quelcom per memoritzar,
the human body on a meaningful level;
el cos humà a un nivell significatiu;
the pages of a medical textbook,
que un manual de medicina
in the medical world,
with our bodies through art.
amb el cos mitjançant l'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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