Week 4
Before this week's lecture, I never thought that there was a connection between art and medical technology. Medical technology helps people to know our body better, such as all the different muscles and bones. As the professor suggested in the introduction video, the manipulation of the human body was very interesting, and one way that human beings participate in the art culture is through the connection between anatomy and art.
My roommate is an art-major student, and one thing she always does is to draw the human body. It is common for art-major students to have a wooden human body shape on their desks. Another connection between anatomy and art is an art exhibition named "body worlds". It is created by Gunter Von Hagens. He invented a specific technique to represent the human's body. Personally, I do not enjoy his artworks very much, because I feel that what is under the human beings' skin is not very aesthetically pleasing. Still, his works belong to art. In addition, his artworks help in educating students. Another connection, which I was a little shocked at, is how ancient people open corpses. I am not a person who is fond of the dissecting idea.
https://californiasciencecenter.org/exhibits/body-worlds-pulse
One of my favorite technology and art work series comes from Christophe Luxereau. Below is one of his art works. The women in dark purple shirt is real (flesh), but the doll that she is holding is created with technology. The doll is the same size as the human being. This artwork, related with the existence of technology, makes me understand the connection between technology and art better.
My roommate is an art-major student, and one thing she always does is to draw the human body. It is common for art-major students to have a wooden human body shape on their desks. Another connection between anatomy and art is an art exhibition named "body worlds". It is created by Gunter Von Hagens. He invented a specific technique to represent the human's body. Personally, I do not enjoy his artworks very much, because I feel that what is under the human beings' skin is not very aesthetically pleasing. Still, his works belong to art. In addition, his artworks help in educating students. Another connection, which I was a little shocked at, is how ancient people open corpses. I am not a person who is fond of the dissecting idea.
One of my favorite technology and art work series comes from Christophe Luxereau. Below is one of his art works. The women in dark purple shirt is real (flesh), but the doll that she is holding is created with technology. The doll is the same size as the human being. This artwork, related with the existence of technology, makes me understand the connection between technology and art better.
http://www.luxereau.com/arts/beautyby1.html
The artist Emily Watson combines the body image with the jewelry design. For example, the jewelry piece below has the images of women's hands. It is quite insightful since it is "hands" on hands. It has a beautiful name also, "a world in lovers' eye." Emily explores different textures, which is very different from conventional work and jewelry design.
http://www.metalemily.com/portfolio/PortfolioEnamelBTLE.html
Works Cited:
"BOOKS." Christophe Luxereau Website : Books, press. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2017.
Emily Watson | metal & enamel jewelry | enamel jewelry | beyond the lover's eye | anatomical | anatomy. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2017.
Vesna, Victoria. “Http://www.youtube.com/v/Ep0M2bOM9Tk.” Lecture. Medicine pt1 . Youtube, 21 Apr. 2012. Web. 25 Oct. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep0M2bOM9Tk>.
Vesna, Victoria. “Http://www.youtube.com/v/psjnQarHOqQ.” Lecture. Medicine pt2 . Youtube, 21 Apr. 2012. Web. 25 Oct. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psjnQarHOqQ>.The artist Emily Watson combines the body image with the jewelry design. For example, the jewelry piece below has the images of women's hands. It is quite insightful since it is "hands" on hands. It has a beautiful name also, "a world in lovers' eye." Emily explores different textures, which is very different from conventional work and jewelry design.
Works Cited:
"BOOKS." Christophe Luxereau Website : Books, press. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2017.
Emily Watson | metal & enamel jewelry | enamel jewelry | beyond the lover's eye | anatomical | anatomy. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Apr. 2017.
Vesna, Victoria. “Http://www.youtube.com/v/Ep0M2bOM9Tk.” Lecture. Medicine pt1 . Youtube, 21 Apr. 2012. Web. 25 Oct. 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep0M2bOM9Tk>.
"BODY WORLDS: Pulse." California Science Center. N.p., 19 Apr. 2017. Web. 28 Apr. 2017.
Stelarc. The Body is Obsolete – Contemporary Arts Media. 2007. Video. 26 Oct 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OKEfJRe4uys>.
I think you bring up an interesting argument when you note that what's under the skin is not "aesthetically pleasing." This is where the line between beauty/art and functional science gets blurred. What lies under our skin may not be classically "beautiful" but, as a clock with its many differently-sized cogs, runs smoothly and is complex in its interconnections to allow us to function. I believe that that is the "beauty" that is to be appreciated when looking at the Body Worlds exhibit. Not the shock or gore of revealed insides, but the notion that all these things connect and and work together flawlessly.
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