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Facing death
27-28 January, at the National Portrait Gallery
The fashion for portraying the recently deceased has constantly shifted between the private and public, and across different epochs and different cultures.
An audience with Gary Schneider Thursday 19.00 - 20.00.
To premiere the 'Facing Death' Symposium, South African-born portrait photographer Gary Schneider explores the relationship between science and art, medical and memorial photography through strikingly beautiful images of blood, DNA and strands of hair.
Facing Death Symposium Friday 10.00 - 16.45.
This multidisciplinary symposium will bring together some of the most dynamic voices from the worlds of art history, media, medicine and science to discuss the past, present and future of the facial representations of death.
Speakers include: Guy Brown (molecular biologist), Eleanor Crook (wax sculptor), Sandra Kemp (curator of Future Face exhibition), Ruth Richardson (author of Death, Dissection and the Destitute), John Stezaker (artist), and Tony Walter (sociologist).
Tickets: Thursday £6/£3.50 concessions. Friday £20/£15 concessions
(combined ticket offer £25/£18.50 concessions). To book call 020 7611 8246.
For a full programme visit: www.wellcome.ac.uk/facingdeath
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place
London
WC2H OHE
A Wellcome Trust event in association with the Royal College of Art and the National Portrait Gallery
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Louise Simon
Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine
210 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7611 7316
Fax: +44 (0)020 7611 8726
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The Wellcome Trust is a registered charity, no.210183.
Its sole Trustee is the Wellcome Trust Limited, a company
registered in England, no. 2711000, whose registered office
is 215 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE.
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