http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2009/02/10/a-puzzle-woven-around-a-person/ Just another Walker Blogs weblog Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:54:57 -0600 walker_blogs hourly 1 http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/2009/02/10/a-puzzle-woven-around-a-person/comment-page-1/#comment-1100 Ilene Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:25:08 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/offcenter/?p=2206#comment-1100 Tonight's Preview Party at the Walker takes on portraiture and crime. When portraits seek to identify a person, what information should be included? What angle or view of the face is best - profile, ¾ view, full face? In mug shots, the profile and frontal view is standard. Doesn’t the subject of a mug shot try not to be seen, even though he or she is exposed to the eye of the camera? Now, we’re shifting away from Elizabeth Peyton’s process and entering the domain and the challenge of a forensic artist. What about those composite sketches we see on the news? How well do people really look at faces, even under duress, how much of this visual information do they retain? Finally, can this visual information be put into words? A witness tries to remember the face of a suspect and the forensic artist has to draw or paint a composite of that person. Try describing in words the physical appearance of someone close to you; how many things do you remember? Tonight’s your chance to test your own skills and ask questions about the forensic artist's process. Come to the art lab and meet the expert. Tonight’s Preview Party at the Walker takes on portraiture and crime.
When portraits seek to identify a person, what information should be included? What angle or view of the face is best – profile, ¾ view, full face? In mug shots, the profile and frontal view is standard. Doesn’t the subject of a mug shot try not to be seen, even though he or she is exposed to the eye of the camera?
Now, we’re shifting away from Elizabeth Peyton’s process and entering the domain and the challenge of a forensic artist. What about those composite sketches we see on the news? How well do people really look at faces, even under duress, how much of this visual information do they retain? Finally, can this visual information be put into words? A witness tries to remember the face of a suspect and the forensic artist has to draw or paint a composite of that person.
Try describing in words the physical appearance of someone close to you; how many things do you remember? Tonight’s your chance to test your own skills and ask questions about the forensic artist’s process.
Come to the art lab and meet the expert.

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