Art & Culture Lecture: Mark Mennin

 

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, The Ill Humored Man, 1771-83
FXM, The Ill-Humored Man, 1771-83
Mark Mennin, adjunct faculty at the Academy, will speak about his writings on “Messerschmidt: An Accidental Visionary,” an article recently written for the Huffington Post. (Read more about it.)
Mennin is a sculptor who is known mostly for his monumental granite carvings in landscape and architecture. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, ArtNews, The Boston Globe, Departures and on the cover of Sculpture Magazine. On the graduate faculty at the New York Academy of Art, Mark has also written on sculpture for Arts Magazine and ArtNews.

 

All lectures are free and open to the public!

Next up: David Salle, Tuesday, December 7, 7:30pm

The NYAA Library suggests the following resources to prepare for the lecture.