Poor Traits: Beyond the Image

Nine artists show paintings, photographs, AI-generated prints, video and installation that treat the face and identity beyond likeness.

The title puns on “portraits” to point at the flaws and vulnerabilities that make us human. Nine artists approach identity as something constructed, performed, concealed and revealed rather than simply depicted.

Works include Mario Klingemann’s neural-network faces printed on stainless steel, Christian A. Lang’s medium-format child portraits shot through textured glass, Sylvie Wozniak’s year of daily smartphone-derived faces on paper, and Vishal Shah’s film Vellum and title-card work Legends.

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