Face Value
In: Public Projects
The work, commissioned by the University City Arts and Letters commission, advertises neither products nor politicians, but randomly selected people from the local community. The portraits are set against a white background, so the faces glow unencumbered by text, product-placement, or self-evident messages; the power they gain is purely visual. Louis graced Face Value for three weeks.
2003
Light box: 4 x 3 x 1 ft., 34 ft. tall
Municipal lamppost, light box (aluminum, fluorescent lights, electronics), steel, plexiglass, Duratrans® transparencies
Photo by Erik Peterson.
