This week’s topic is Medicine Technology and Art. I am really amazed by this topic
since I have never thought about the relationship between medicine technology
and art. However, after the lecture, I believe that well-developed medical technology will better help
artists to study human bodies.
Professor Vesna’s lecture firsts introduces
the development of plastic surgery. Plastic surgery was first created by
ancient Indian in order to treat the injury during the war. However, nowadays,
more and more people use plastic surgeries in order to look nicer. I believe that it is a very good example of
the combination of art and medicine technology.
People have to have a very good understanding of beauty (for example,
golden ratio) in order to do the surgery. In addition, rapid development of
technology makes the plastic surgery possible to do. The development of
technology also makes the surgery safer and cheaper.
I have been know the plastic surgery for a
long time since a lot of pop stars in Asia use plastic surgery to help them
look better.
41 year old actress Yoon Hyun Suk
looks much younger after surgery.
We can also take artist Orlan as an example.
Orlan has been doing plastic surgery over 6 times. She makes her chin like Venus, nose like Psyche, lips like Europa while forehead like
Mona Lisa. When I look at her picture, I
feel her eyes, nose, and mouse are in a great harmony, which is called golden
ratio in art.
Yes, plastic surgery does make people look
nicer. However, my question will be how long this magical effect will? And is
there any side effect of the surgery. Below is a picture of a woman who took
plastic surgery, but something went wrong.
After operation after operation, her face
became enlarged. Even worse, she had some mental problems, and she is still
very addicted to plastic surgery. For example, when she ran
out of silicone, she injected cooking oil into her face. Apparently, plastic
surgery has brought side effects to her, both physically and psychologically.
Born and raised in China, I am not a
supporter of plastic surgery myself. There is a old chinese saying says “All the body parts, hairs and the skin are given by the
parents. Do not dare to make changes or harms to them, as this will be a form
of disobedience to the parents.” I believe people should be proud of the way
they look. It is not worthy to risk health to get a perfect face. People should
have a more critical thought of the relationship between medicine technology
and art.
Works Cited
Rex Feature.
"Cosmetic Surgery addict injected cooking oil into her own face." 11
Nov.2008. Web. 23 Oct. 2013 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3439638/Cosmetic-surgery-addict-injected-cooking-oil-into-her-own-face.html
Vesna, Victoria. Unit 4
Lecture Medtech+Art. Web.27 Oct.2013
Orlan. The Daily Omnivore. Web.
27 Oct. 2013
Living Reincarnation. The
Art Pour. Web. 27 Oct.2013
Hi Yujie
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point of plastic surgery in the last paragraph. There is always a debate between artificial beauty and natural beauty. People should accept their original lookong instead of taking risk of doing surgery. People after plastic surgery look same and lose their personal characteristics. So we should carefully think about interaction between the MedTech and Art.