Il volume costituisce il catalogo della mostra "Franz Xaver Messerschmidt" (New York, 16 settembre 2010 - 10 gennaio 2011; Parigi, 26 gennaio - 25 aprile 2011), dedicata alle teste "caratteriali" di questo scultore austro-bavarese del XVIII secolo. La prima parte della carriera di Messerschmidt si svolse a Vienna, città dove ebbe notevole successo e incontrò i favori della corte imperiale. Sebbene le sue opere fossero in stile neoclassico, la resa dei suoi modelli era improntata al "vero", senza idealizzazione alcuna. Nessun altro artista viennese si esprimeva con tanta libertà. Attorno al 1770 la vita di Messerschmidt fu contrassegnata da una forte discontinuità. Si credette che l'artista fosse diventato pazzo ed egli perse la sua cattedra all'università. Deluso e contrariato fece ritorno a Wiesensteig, la sua città natale in Baviera. Da allora Messerschmidt si dedicò completamente alla creazione delle sue teste "caratteriali", le sculture cui deve la sua fama. Per produrre queste opere l'artista si guardava allo specchio, pizzicava il suo corpo e osservava con attenzione le espressioni facciali risultanti, che poi riproduceva con grande precisione a tutto tondo, in marmo e bronzo. Messerschmidt produsse 49 teste prima di morire nel 1783. L'opera di Messerschmidt può essere messa in relazione con quella di artisti come William Blake e Francisco Goya per la sua esplorazione del lato oscuro dell'animo umano.
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Maria Potzl-Malikova, professor at the University of Bratislava (Slovakia) has written extensively on the Art of Central Europe. She has previously written a monograph on Messerschmidt (1982). Antonia Bostrom is Senior Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at J. Paul Getty Museum. Guilhem Scherf is chief curator of sculpture at the Musee du Louvre. Marie-Claude Lambotte is a professor at the Universite Paris XIII.
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