{"id":11760,"date":"2015-03-20T15:22:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T20:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=11760"},"modified":"2015-03-31T16:40:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T21:40:41","slug":"anatomy-of-a-body-of-work-new-exhibit-opens-at-the-surgical-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/anatomy-of-a-body-of-work-new-exhibit-opens-at-the-surgical-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Anatomy of a body of work at the surgical museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Lucy Vernasco<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imss.org\/\">International Museum of Surgical Science<\/a>\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imss.org\/anatgallery.htm\">Anatomy in the Gallery<\/a> exhibit feels more like an immersion into the study of physiology than a walk through a classical art show. This is because the art displayed in <em>Notes on Life: Visual Lectures from the Vitruvian Fine Art Studio<\/em>, on view until Friday May 22nd, was created originally for classroom learning. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"wpmf-gallerys wpmf-gallerys-life\"><div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery gallery_life wpmf_gallery_default gallery_default none gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail gallery-link-post wpmf-has-border-radius-0 wpmf-gutterwidth-5 no_ratio\"><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy8-1024x681.jpg\" title=\"Anatomy in the Gallery\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Anatomy in the Gallery\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy8-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy8-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">IMSS has showcased its Anatomy in the Gallery series since 1998.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"1\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy7-1024x681.jpg\" title=\"The exhibit\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"The exhibit\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy7-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy7-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Notes on Life: Visual Lectures from the Vitruvian Fine Art Studio is displayed at the International Museum of Surgical Science.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"2\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy10-1024x681.jpg\" title=\"Exhibit\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Exhibit\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy10-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy10-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Whitmore and Jamiesons\u2019 enriching exhibit includes clay sculptures, anatomical drawings drawn in charcoal and pastel and graphite figure drawings, all created for anatomical teaching. The anatomical sculptures, also called \u00e9corch\u00e9s.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"3\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy9-1024x681.jpg\" title=\"Anatomical Sculptures\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Anatomical Sculptures\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy9-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy9-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">&#8220;[The sculptures] are all done out of my head. I don\u2019t sculpt anything using models. I just do the figures using all the techniques that we teach students to understand using anatomy and how it applies to drawing and sculpture,&#8221; Whitmore said.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"4\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy5-1024x681.jpg\" title=\"Visual Lectures\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"4\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Visual Lectures\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy5-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy5-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">&#8220;The work for the exhibit was not really meant to be exhibition art. It&#8217;s actually classroom work &#8211; a series of drawings and lecture demonstrations for teaching students and getting them to think critically about anatomical structure,&#8221; Whitmore said.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"5\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy6-1024x681.jpg\" title=\"Muscular Visual Lecture\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"5\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Muscular Visual Lecture\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy6-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy6-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">&#8220;A lot of what we do is demonstration work in class. All of those really large anatomical drawings are all done within an hour, because i would draw them and lecture, and build on them from there,&#8221; Whitmore said.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"6\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy4-1024x681.jpg\" title=\"Charcoal Portraits\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Charcoal Portraits\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy4-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy4-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">&#8220;It&#8217;s important to understand what it is you\u2019re looking at, and a firm understanding of the subject matter from the inside out, knowing the external forms that are created, what\u2019s creating them,&#8221; Whitmore said.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"7\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy3-1024x681.jpg\" title=\"Charcoal Drawings\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Charcoal Drawings\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy3-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy3-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">\u201cArt and science can very much go hand and hand. There are things within art that I love that are quantifiable. That can be measured and can be understood and developed through the understanding of structure and proportion,\u201d Whitmore said.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"8\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy2-1024x681.jpg\" title=\"Charcoal Portraits\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"8\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Charcoal Portraits\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy2-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy2-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Some of the charcoal portraits are incomplete and reflect the process of creation from a sketch to adding three dimensional shading.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"9\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy1-1024x681.jpg\" title=\"Exhibit\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"9\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Exhibit\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy1-150x150.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy1-150x150.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Notes on Life: Visual Lectures from the Vitruvian Fine Art Studio is an eye-opening experience for those who want to learn more about the artistry of anatomical science.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe work for the exhibit is work that was not really meant to be exhibition style work. It\u2019s actually classroom work\u201d for anatomy classes, said <a href=\"http:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/instructors\/melinda-whitmore\/\">Melinda Whitmore<\/a>, one of the exhibit\u2019s two artists. She teaches the classes at the Vitruvian Studio, 1735 N. Ashland Ave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The\u00a0exhibit includes clay sculptures, anatomical drawings\u00a0in charcoal and pastel and graphite figure drawings. Created for anatomical teaching, they are lyrical as well as scientific.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a series of drawings and lecture demonstrations that were meant for teaching students and for getting them to think critically about anatomy structure and understanding how to construct a figure drawing. They\u2019re visual lectures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Whitmore, co-founder and principle instructor of <a href=\"http:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/\">Vitruvian Fine Art Studio<\/a> in Chicago, also teaches anatomy classes at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago and at Northwestern University&#8217;s Feinburg School of Medicine.The exhibit also features works by her husband, <a href=\"http:\/\/vitruvianstudio.com\/instructors\/david-jamieson\/\">David Jamieson<\/a>,\u00a0who\u00a0co-founded and instructs at Vitruvian Fine Art Studio. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The International Museum of Surgical Science, 1524 N. Lake Shore Dr.,\u00a0is the only museum in North America dedicated to the art and science of surgery, according to a press release. IMSS\u2019s Anatomy in the Gallery series has celebrated the intersection of art and science since 1998.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;Surgery is an art form, as surgeons must make careful incisions and precise wound closures, so must an artist make specific decisions regarding their work,&#8221; said Justina Doyle, manager of education and events at IMSS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Doyle contacted Whitmore and Jamieson after finding Vitruvian Fine Art Studio online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">&#8220;From their vibrantly colored anatomical drawings, to their anatomical sculptures and figure drawings, they are a very talented pair. I also enjoy the educational element of their work. The fact that they teach anatomical drawing and sculpture lessons at their studio and also to medical students is a nice tie-in to the Museum, as we are an educational institution,&#8221; Doyle said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The anatomical sculptures, also called \u00e9corch\u00e9s, evolved from Whitmore\u2019s memory and imagination<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThey\u2019re all done out of my head. I don\u2019t sculpt anything using models. I just do the figures using all the techniques that we teach students to understand using anatomy and how it applies to drawing and sculpture,\u201d Whitmore said. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11766\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy7.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11766 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy7-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Notes on Life: Visual Lectures from the Vitruvian Fine Studio displayed at the International Museum of Surgical Science\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy7.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/anatomy7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Notes on Life: Visual Lectures from the Vitruvian Fine Art Studio displayed at the International Museum of Surgical Science<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Whitmore and Jamiesons\u2019 pieces fit well inside a museum housing historical surgical equipment, artifacts and portraits of pioneering doctors and nurses. Their art finds the intersection between art and science.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Their visual lectures turn art inside out, by displaying the biological parts of the human body. Muscles are exposed, labeled and filled with bright orange pastel.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Bones and joints are given depth and dimension.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt\u2019s important to understand what it is you\u2019re looking at, and that your firm understanding of the subject matter from the inside out knowing that the external forms that are created, [and] what\u2019s creating them.\u201d Whitmore said. \u201cIs it a fat pad? Is it a turn of the muscle? Or is it the projection of a bond? The more students can be empowered by this understanding, the better they are to recognize how to describe them through drawing and sculpture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">James Barnes, a former biological anthropology student turned web illustrator, attended the exhibit\u2019s opening reception last Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe anatomical studies were not only effective, but wonderful to absorb with a recreational eye, reminiscent of the first time you flip through an old Gray\u2019s Anatomy book just to look at the drawings,\u201d Barnes said. \u201cSeeing the notes and random scribbles was a real treat; a reminder of the person behind the work, and the processes we don\u2019t see enough of in the art world.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The exhibit\u2019s work gives a look into what happens inside Vitruvian Fine Art Studio and during the teaching process. Some of the charcoal portraits are incomplete and reflect the process of creation from a sketch to adding three dimensional shading. The professional models who posed for the portraits spent eight three-hour sessions with Whitmore and Jamiesons\u2019 students, who learned how to incorporate proportional anatomy in drawing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cObviously a lot of them go unfinished because a bulk of the time that my husband, David, who did a lot of those drawings, would be going around in class and working with students on their own drawings, making people understand certain concepts or certain parts of the drawing process that he wanted to illustrate,\u201d Whitmore said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>Notes on Life: Visual Lectures from the Vitruvian Fine Studio<\/em> is an eye-opening experience for those who want to learn more about the artistry of anatomical science.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cArt and science can very much go hand and hand. There are things within art that I love that are quantifiable. That can be measured and can be understood and developed through the understanding of structure and proportion,\u201d Whitmore said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Museum admission: $15 for adults; $10 for students, seniors\u00a0and members of the military; $7 for children over three; free on Tuesdays.<\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Graphite and white chalk drawings by Melinda Whitmore on exhibit at the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lucy Vernasco The International Museum of Surgical Science\u2019s new Anatomy in the Gallery exhibit feels more like an immersion into the study of physiology than a walk through a classical art show. 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