Exploring how artists and physiologists have understood and construed the human face, this exhibition focuses on how these interpretations have in turn affected the human spirit. There are three sections to the exhibition, each focusing on the work of one person. The first showcases photos by French physiologist Duchenne de Boulogne of his mid-19th-century electro-shock experiments. Next up are Warhol’s early silk-screened portraits of celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, and then there’s a selection of Cindy Sherman’s portraits. The name of the exhibition is taken from a Japanese animation film that asks how many prostheses can be added to the human body and how much human intelligence can be added to a cyborg before the lines blur.
