"Saving Faces" Exhibit of Facial Trauma and Reconstruction Opens at Yale
The works depict the patients' physical appearance before, after, and, at times, during reconstructive surgery. The portraits also capture the patients' changing emotions, character and confidence.
"The portraits chart the patients' faces as they progress through their surgical and emotional journey," said Thomas Duffy, M.D., professor of hemotology and director of the Humanities in Medicine Program, which was instrumental in bringing the exhibit to Yale. "The result is not simply medical illustration, but a 'feeling into' the life and suffering of the subjects portrayed. Aesthetics, compassion, and the visual depiction of medical treatment are all part of this sometimes disturbing but always moving show."
This is only the second show of the exhibit's North American tour. The 17 portraits were displayed first at the National Portrait Gallery in London and then toured throughout the British Isles and Europe. Because of the paintings massive scale, the exhibit will be in the John Slade Ely House, 51 Trumbull St.
The exhibit is the result of a collaboration between Gilbert and British surgeon Ian Hutchinson. Gilbert was the recipient of a year-long fellowship at St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospital, where he worked on the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Units.
Five lectures will accompany the exhibit. The first, at the opening reception October 20, will be held at 5 p.m. at the John Slade Ely House. Mark Depman, M.D., physician and artist, clinical instructor at Yale School of Medicine will speak about "Saving Faces: The Artist in the Hospital."
The other lectures will be:
-November 3, 5 p.m., Yale Medical Historical Library. Thomas Pruzinsky, psychology professor, Quinnipiac University, and adjunct professor, Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University Medical Center, and Jodie Berlin Morrow, NYU Institute for Reconstructive Surgery, will speak on "Psychological and Social Perspectives on Living with Facial Disfigurement."
- November 17, 5 p.m., Yale Beaumont Room, Sterling Hall of Medicine. Chalmers Clark, visiting professor in the Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University, will talk about "What's in a Word? What's in a Face?" on the ethics of face transplantation.
-December 1, 5 p.m., Yale Beaumont Room, Sterling Hall of Medicine. Marianne LaFrance, professor, Department of Psychology, will speak about "Frozen Smiles, Frozen Frowns."
-December 8, 5 p.m., John Slade Ely House. Angus Trumble, curator of paintings and sculpture, Yale Center for British Art, will discuss "Volte Face: The Head in the History of Face."
The exhibit, which will close December 18, is supported through funding provided in part by the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, the John Slade Ely House and the Center for Contemporary Art. The exhibition and lecture series also was made possible by a gift by family, friends and colleagues in honor of the late Dr. Kenneth Bartwick, formerly a surgical-pathologist at Yale School of Medicine.
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