Film of Animated Messerschmidt Heads by Rose and Reynolds

At Neue Galerie New York.

This video art, created by Edward Rose and Nick Reynolds, is part of the installation of the current Franz Xaver Messerschmidt exhibition which is on view through January, 2011. Nice article here. (quintessence blog)

This Bavarian born artist is known for his sculptures of heads depicting different emotions. He died at the age of 47 in 1783.