Vanessa Ruiz: The spellbinding art of human anatomy
Vanessa Ruiz: El fascinante arte de la anatomía 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.
hagamos hincapié en el cuerpo.
such as preventive medicine,
como la medicina preventiva,
over every single step we take in a day.
por cada paso que damos en un día.
between ourselves and our bodies.
nosotros y nuestros cuerpos.
on the healthy self,
en el yo saludable,
del yo anatómico.
of the anatomical self is lacking.
the location of their vital organs,
de sus órganos vitales,
subject to learn.
que demanda mucho tiempo.
made it through anatomy?
les fue bien en anatomía?
memorizing hundreds of structures.
horas memorizando cientos de estructuras.
could do without the help of visuals.
hacerlo sin ayuda de elementos visuales.
every little structure or not,
makes studying anatomy so intriguing.
estudiar anatomía sea muy intrigante.
a manual of our very selves.
un manual de nosotros mismos.
hemos terminado de estudiar?
are then shut back
encontrarse de forma pasiva
may only be encountered passively
the realm of medical education.
del ámbito de la educación médica.
happening right now.
out of the confines of the medical world
de los confines del mundo médico
into the public space.
I have been cataloguing and sharing
he cataloga y compartido
con el público...
with the public --
as a medical illustrator.
de ilustradora médica.
how artists are reclaiming anatomy today,
artistas rescatan hoy la anatomía,
how art influenced anatomy in the past.
influenció a la anatomía en el pasado.
very nature a visual science,
naturaleza una ciencia visual;
this lived during the Renaissance.
esto vivieron durante el Renacimiento.
to their peers in the public.
a sus compañeros en el público.
but also to entertain
sino también para entretener,
anatomical illustrations.
anatómicas más extrañas.
between science, art and culture
entre la ciencia, el arte y la cultura
dissected cadavers as alive,
cadáveres disecados como vivos,
anatómicos humorísticos.
anatomical stripteases.
in your textbooks today.
en su mayoría muertos...
posed in literal still lives.
literalmente como naturaleza muerta.
even included pop culture references.
incluyen referencias a la cultura pop.
traveling Europe in the mid-1700s,
Europa a mediados de 1700;
was an exciting rarity.
era una rareza emocionante.
was akin to celebrity sponsorship today.
al patrocinio de celebridades de hoy.
depth and clarity to anatomy
y claridad a la anatomía
and art had finally been struck
y arte finalmente se dio
of medical illustrators.
representation of anatomy --
de la anatomía,
of artistic culture.
de la cultura artística.
of medical education.
de la educación médica.
get to study from today.
into the beauty of the human body.
con la belleza del cuerpo humano.
an emotional response --
una respuesta emocional
from the medical world,
del mundo de la medicina,
in the most imaginative ways.
arte en las formas más imaginativas.
contemporary artist Fernando Vicente.
español contemporáneo Fernando Vicente.
decimonónicas del cuerpo masculino
illustrations of the male body
sensualidad femenina.
to view beyond their surface anatomy,
a ver más allá de su anatomía superficial,
una fuerte femineidad,
of anatomical representation.
de la representación anatómica.
and recovery of the human body.
y la recuperación del cuerpo humano.
que se fracturó y se dislocó el tobillo
who fractured and dislocated her ankle
con sede en Montreal
architect Federico Carbajal
de su pierna dañada.
of her damaged lower leg.
magnified in the sculpture.
aumentados en la escultura.
used in reconstructing her ankle.
usados en la reconstrucción de su tobillo.
that's been repurposed as art.
resignificado como arte.
the art that I showcase online
elijo el arte que muestro en línea
between the technique
entre la técnica y un concepto
of anatomy as a way to know thyself,
como una forma de autoconocimiento,
of Michael Reedy struck me.
la obra de Michael Reedy.
are often layered in elements of humor.
se superponen a elementos de humor.
insecurity of a skin condition
de una enfermedad cutánea
in the background.
the common perception of anatomy
percepción común de la anatomía
a la enfermedad y la muerte.
quizá no tiene mucho sentido,
might not make much sense,
is no longer limited to humans.
ya no se limita a los humanos.
juguetes pudieran cobrar vida?
that your toys could come to life?
makes those dreams come true
hizo cumplir esos sueños
would bring a morbid edge
traería un borde mórbido
inocentes de uno,
in a child's reaction to my work is fear."
de un niño a mi trabajo es miedo".
is a learned reaction.
es una reacción aprendida.
politically and socially charged objects.
a objetos con carga política y social.
de Noah Scalin,
to reveal human organs.
para revelar los órganos humanos.
you might also notice
placed the rectum
con sumo cuidado
I've been following for many years,
que sigo desde hace muchos años,
the public about anatomy.
con la anatomía.
in the process of self-dissection.
en el proceso de autodisección.
light and shadow.
to painting directly on the human skin.
directa sobre la piel humana.
skin has actually been removed.
que se ha eliminado la piel.
into a medical illustration.
en una ilustración médica.
viajando por el mundo,
traveling the world,
a través de sus pinturas corporales,
via his body paintings,
so shocking to find out
from medical illustration programs.
de ilustración médica.
de la medicina como del mundo del arte
the medical world and the art world
directly on the streets.
giant X-rays of pop culture icons.
gigantes de iconos de la cultura pop.
can come to have an anatomy of its own,
puede llegar a tener una anatomía propia,
ser parte de la anatomía de una persona.
part of the anatomy of a person.
y mucho menos con pintura en aerosol,
let alone with spray paint,
de un artista urbano,
a degree in applied chemistry.
en química aplicada.
to a whole new level,
a un nivel completamente nuevo,
on walls all over the world.
en las paredes de todo el mundo.
y el heavy metal,
y tentadora a la anatomía,
and enticing energy into anatomy
that art belongs to the public.
que el arte pertenece al público.
del mundo médico.
from the medical world.
percepciones de la anatomía,
perceptions about anatomy,
y a menudo cambiante con ella.
and often changing relationship with it.
that I showed you here today
que he mostrado aquí hoy
para su arte.
illustrations for their art.
the human body on a meaningful level;
el cuerpo en un nivel significativo;
que podamos identificarnos,
de un libro de texto médico,
the pages of a medical textbook,
in the medical world,
en el mundo médico,
with our bodies through art.
con el cuerpo a través del arte.
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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