Book signing with artist Michael Angelo Mangino

Copies of the new 76-page, full-color monograph will be available for purchase inside Mangino's solo exhibition, Vanishing Point Forever. Studio Route 29 Co-founder and Executive Director Kathleen Henderson will share brief remarks at 1 PM, and Mangino will be on hand to sign books. Muse Junk Mail Dead Flowers, published by Studio Route 29’s Beauty Books, gathers recent text works by Mangino. Largely non-verbal, Mangino does not explain or speak about his art. The language in this collection is appropriated from magazines and word search puzzles (a pastime Mangino is dedicated to), and printed in large capitals over small abstract paintings on paper. Excerpted from their original contexts and delivered into poetry, the resulting lines are mysterious, apt, tragic, funny, and startlingly affecting. Vanishing Point Forever is Mangino's second solo exhibition at ArtYard. A painter living in Pittstown who works out of Studio Route 29, Mangino's work has also been featured in group exhibitions at Beauty Gallery (New Jersey), Center for Creative Works (Pennsylvania), Open Invitational (New York, Florida, San Franisco), Julie Casemore Gallery (California), NADA (New York City), 47 Canal (NY), Jennifer Lauren/Atelier (Pennsylvania), and SHRINE NYC. Stop by to experience Vanishing Point Forever, on view through Sunday, Oct. 11, meet Mangino, and celebrate the new publication. Free and open to all. Registration is requested but not required. About ArtYard ArtYard is an incubator for creative expression and a catalyst for collaborations that reveal the transformational power of art. We are an interdisciplinary alternative contemporary art center comprised of an exhibition space, theater, and residency program, dedicated to presenting transformative artwork, fostering unexpected collaborations, and incubating original new work. Photo and Video Consent By registering for this event, you are giving ArtYard permission to use photos and video on our website and social media. You will also be added to ArtYard's mailing list so that we can contact you with information related to this and future events.