Installation view of Will Ryman: Shanghai 6 at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (April 1, 2026–March 31, 2028). Photo: Vision Maker Productions, Inc.
Book Launch and Talk | Will Ryman
A Conversation with artist Will Ryman; Courtney J. Martin, Executive Director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation; art critic and writer Eleanor Heartney; moderated by Parrish Chief Curator Corinne Erni
November 7, 11 am - 12 pm
Free for Members | Free for Resident Benefits PassHolders | $25 for Guests of Members | $30 Adults | Free for Students & Children
Join us for a conversation celebrating the launch of Will Ryman’s monograph, published by Rizzoli, in conjunction with the exhibition Will Ryman: Shanghai 6, currently on view in the Parrish Meadow. Panelists include artist Will Ryman; Courtney J. Martin, Executive Director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, art critic and writer Eleanor Heartney, and will be moderated by Parrish Chief Curator Corinne Erni.
Advance registration is recommended. Limited spaces will be available at the door.
Books will be available for purchase in the Michéle & Steven Pesner Book and Gift Shop.
About the Publication
Edited by Andrea Glimcher with authors Courtney J. Martin, Carl Bernstein, Eleanor Heartney, Seth Barrish, Joe Fig, Jérôme Neutres, and Molly Ringwald, Will Ryman is the first monograph on an artist whose theatrical sculptures elevate the grit and absurdity of everyday life into monumental, thought-provoking installations.
About Will Ryman
Widely recognized for his sculptures and public art installations, Will Ryman work is filled with an acute theatricality that harkens back to his early career as a playwright. The artist’s ongoing interest in literature, philosophy, and the Theatre of the Absurd manifests in his playful investigation of the folly of existence and our shared search for meaning and resolve. Material and subject are of equal importance for Ryman, whose work reveals his intuitive approach to sculpting diverse materials into expressive forms that examine essential aspects of the human experience.
Will Ryman (American, b. 1969) lives and works in New York. Selected museum exhibitions and public art installations include Rites of Spring, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton (2019—2021); Pac-Lab and Sisyphus, Sculpture Park at Art Omi, Ghent, New York (2020); Will Ryman: La Villette, Parc de La Villette, Paris (2018); Cadillac, College for Creative Studies, Detroit (2017); Bird, Flatiron Plaza, New York (2013); Desublimation of the Rose, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables (2011); Rose, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (2011); The Roses, Park Avenue, New York (2011); and Greater New York, MoMa P.S. 1, New York (2005). Solo exhibitions at CHART include New York, New York (2022) and Dinner III (2020); solo shows at Kasmin Gallery include Two Rooms (2015) and America (2013). Will Ryman’s work is in the collections of numerous museums and sculpture gardens worldwide including The New Orleans Museum of Art; The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing; Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville; The National Academy of Design, New York; The Saatchi Gallery, London; The Verbier Foundation, Switzerland; 21c Museum Foundation, Louisville; and The Margulies Collection, Miami.
Book Launch and Talk | Will Ryman
A Conversation with artist Will Ryman; Courtney J. Martin, Executive Director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation; art critic and writer Eleanor Heartney; moderated by Parrish Chief Curator Corinne Erni
November 7, 11 am - 12 pm
Free for Members | Free for Resident Benefits PassHolders | $25 for Guests of Members | $30 Adults | Free for Students & Children
Join us for a conversation celebrating the launch of Will Ryman’s monograph, published by Rizzoli, in conjunction with the exhibition Will Ryman: Shanghai 6, currently on view in the Parrish Meadow. Panelists include artist Will Ryman; Courtney J. Martin, Executive Director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, art critic and writer Eleanor Heartney, and will be moderated by Parrish Chief Curator Corinne Erni.
Advance registration is recommended. Limited spaces will be available at the door.
Books will be available for purchase in the Michéle & Steven Pesner Book and Gift Shop.
About the Publication
Edited by Andrea Glimcher with authors Courtney J. Martin, Carl Bernstein, Eleanor Heartney, Seth Barrish, Joe Fig, Jérôme Neutres, and Molly Ringwald, Will Ryman is the first monograph on an artist whose theatrical sculptures elevate the grit and absurdity of everyday life into monumental, thought-provoking installations.
About Will Ryman
Widely recognized for his sculptures and public art installations, Will Ryman work is filled with an acute theatricality that harkens back to his early career as a playwright. The artist’s ongoing interest in literature, philosophy, and the Theatre of the Absurd manifests in his playful investigation of the folly of existence and our shared search for meaning and resolve. Material and subject are of equal importance for Ryman, whose work reveals his intuitive approach to sculpting diverse materials into expressive forms that examine essential aspects of the human experience.
Will Ryman (American, b. 1969) lives and works in New York. Selected museum exhibitions and public art installations include Rites of Spring, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton (2019—2021); Pac-Lab and Sisyphus, Sculpture Park at Art Omi, Ghent, New York (2020); Will Ryman: La Villette, Parc de La Villette, Paris (2018); Cadillac, College for Creative Studies, Detroit (2017); Bird, Flatiron Plaza, New York (2013); Desublimation of the Rose, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables (2011); Rose, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (2011); The Roses, Park Avenue, New York (2011); and Greater New York, MoMa P.S. 1, New York (2005). Solo exhibitions at CHART include New York, New York (2022) and Dinner III (2020); solo shows at Kasmin Gallery include Two Rooms (2015) and America (2013). Will Ryman’s work is in the collections of numerous museums and sculpture gardens worldwide including The New Orleans Museum of Art; The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing; Frist Center for Visual Arts, Nashville; The National Academy of Design, New York; The Saatchi Gallery, London; The Verbier Foundation, Switzerland; 21c Museum Foundation, Louisville; and The Margulies Collection, Miami.
