Talking Heads: Contemporary Dialogues with F.X. Messerschmidt

by Stella Rollig (Preface)

Using the famous, bizarre Character Heads of Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736–83) as its basis, this book considers contemporary uses of facial affect in videos by Douglas Gordon, Bruce Nauman and Tony Oursler, and photographs by Arnulf Rainer, who engaged directly with Messerschmidt’s heads.

280 pages, Paperback

Published November 26, 2019