The New York Film Academy Guest Speaker Series welcomed acclaimed visual artist William Wegman to the New York Film Academy this month.
Speaking to a packed house at the NYFA Theatre at 17 Battery Place, Wegman began by presenting with drawings he made at the beginning of his career. His work has been exhibited internationally since the ‘70s and is part of the permanent collection of numerous museums including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hammer Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
A pioneering video artist, photographer and painter, Wegman’s Before/On/After: William Wegman and California Conceptualism is currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while his 30-year traveling survey exhibition Being Human opens summer 2018 in Arles. A book of the same title will accompany the opening, published by Thames and Hudson/Chronicle.
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Wegman is best known for the portraits and videos of his Weimaraners, who have collaborated with him in his art making process for many decades. His photos and videos have not only been an art world success, but also a popular success. They have been featured in books, advertisements, TV commercials, and films, from the cover of The New Yorker to Saturday Night Live.
The New York Film Academy thanks William Wegman for sharing his expertise and insights with our students.