October 22, 2016 - December 31, 2016
Reception: October 23, 2016, 3 to 5 p.m.
Location: Hamptons
Guest curated by Gail Levin
The exhibition investigates for the first time the interaction of Fox and King as an artist couple, comparing them to other local pairs such as Pollock and Krasner, Elaine and Willem de Kooning, and James Brooks and Charlotte Park. Fox and King were well established artists when they met in 1980. Each had been married more than once when they turned up as fiddlers in the artist Audrey Flack’s bluegrass band, “The Art Attacks” and struck a chord that resonated through the rest of their lives. Spanning seven decades, the exhibition features paintings and drawings by Connie Fox and sculptures, chairs, and works on paper by William King. King’s numerous depictions of couples will be featured. He portrayed not only himself with Fox but other artist-couples from their social circle, including images of the painters John Hardy and Joan Semmel, and Eric Fischl and April Gornik.
Address: 158 Main Street, East Hampton, NY 11937.
Website: www.guildhall.org
Phone: 631.324.0806
Guild Hall Museum collects, preserves and presents the works of accomplished East End artists. A year-round schedule of changing exhibitions includes solo and group shows presenting internationally renowned visual artists and emerging regional artists.
Solo shows have included Robert Motherwell, Chuck Close, Barbara Kruger, Eric Fischl and others. Curated group shows, traveling exhibitions, the annual Artists Members Exhibition and exhibitions from the collection are part of Guild Hall’s exhibitions rooster. In addition, an outdoor sculpture court presents changing solo shows each year.
The museum’s collection includes 19th, 20th and 21st century art made up of paintings, sculpture, prints, watercolors, photographs and drawings. Internationally distinguished artists in the collection include Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and others.
