Liam Mackenzie
Liam Mackenzie is an art director and fashion designer based in New York City. Recognized for his work by Harpers Baazar, ELLE US, W Magazine and Office Magazine, Liam has established himself as an avant-gard creative, often referencing art historical periods from Baroque to Cubism. His Wesleyan art history degree continues to inform his visual language. His work spans various mediums, from editorial creative direction, to gallery curation, to film art direction.
PROFESSIONAL WORK
WRITING SAMPLES
A critical essay combining firsthand reporting, archival research, and visual analysis to examine Albert Scopin’s photographs of the Hotel Chelsea. The essay considers how photographs assume new meanings over time as they are reinterpreted with cultural, social, and political shifts.
A close analysis of colonial photographs that demonstrates how photography can and has functioned as both a means of liberation and a medium through which racial and sexual violence is reproduced.
A comparative study of the Mond Crucifixion and the Wilton Diptych that examines how architecture, lighting, ritual, and museum display shape the meaning of artworks.
An analysis of Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller’s sculpture of Mary Turner that engages competing scholarly perspectives to examine the struggle to represent radicalized historical violence.
