Eddie Martinez (American, b. 1977). Bufly No. 23, 2023, oil, acrylic, spray paint and baby wipe on linen, 144 x 108 in. Courtesy the Artist. Sam Moyer (American, b. 1983). Parrish Fern 2, 2024, marble, acrylic on plaster-coated canvas mounted to MDF, 30 ⅛ x 24 ¼ x 1 in. Courtesy the Artist and Sean Kelly, NY.
Member Preview | Eddie Martinez: Buflies and Sam Moyer: Ferns Teeth
A Parrish Member Event
June 30, 11 am - 1 pm
11 AM | Reception
12 PM | Introductory talk with Chief Curator Corinne Erni and the artists
Museum Members are invited to celebrate the opening of Eddie Martinez: Buflies and Sam Moyer: Ferns Teeth. At 12 PM, join us for an introductory talk between Corinne Erni, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator of Art and Education, and the artists. Advanced registration is required.
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Celebrated for his bright, bold, and colorful paintings, Eddie Martinez will present a new body of work made specifically for the Parrish. Taking full advantage of the Museum’s expansive space and high ceilings, Martinez is creating seven 12-foot tall Bufly paintings. Like much of his work, these canvases are imbued with a personal iconography. The artist started the Bufly series in 2021 when his son Arthur who was two at the time became fascinated with butterflies, mispronouncing them as “buflies.” Martinez has been painting them ever since.
Eddie Martinez: Buflies is organized by Corinne Erni, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator, Art and Education and Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs, with additional support from Kaitlin Halloran, Assistant Curator and Publications Coordinator.
Following on the heels of the publication of her first career-spanning monograph, Sam Moyer’s solo exhibition at the Parrish Art Museum will showcase the artist’s relationship to material and light as a throughline in her practice, displaying the range of her processes, and bodies of work, across three galleries. Focusing each space on a specific material relationship, Moyer presents a large-scale stone painting tailor-fit to the architecture of the room, sculptural photographs whose composition are specific to the landscape of Eastern Long Island, and a series of smaller, more representational wall works. Consistent with Moyer’s habit of manifesting a directly tactile experience with the visual materials at hand, two of the three galleries will be outfitted with artist-made marble benches and visitors will be able to play on hand-cast concrete backgammon boards in the Museum’s lobby.
Sam Moyer: Ferns Teeth is organized by Corinne Erni, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator, Art and Education and Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs, with additional support from Kaitlin Halloran, Assistant Curator and Publications Coordinator.
Exhibition Support
Eddie Martinez: Buflies is made possible, in part, thanks to the generous support of The Evelyn Toll Family Foundation, Yanina and Allan Spivack, and a donor who wishes to remain Anonymous.
Sam Moyer: Ferns Teeth is made possible, in part, thanks to the generous support of Jacqueline Brody; The Deborah Buck Foundation; Linda Hackett and Melinda Hackett/ CAL Foundation; Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles; BLUM; The Evelyn Toll Family Foundation; Herman Goldman Foundation; Lauren and Steven P. Schwartz; Yanina and Allan Spivack; Allison and Donald Weiss; Karen and Dennis Mehiel; and a donor who wishes to remain Anonymous.
The Parrish Art Museum’s programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and by the property taxpayers from the Southampton School District and the Tuckahoe Common School District.
Member Preview | Eddie Martinez: Buflies and Sam Moyer: Ferns Teeth
A Parrish Member Event
June 30, 11 am - 1 pm
11 AM | Reception
12 PM | Introductory talk with Chief Curator Corinne Erni and the artists
Museum Members are invited to celebrate the opening of Eddie Martinez: Buflies and Sam Moyer: Ferns Teeth. At 12 PM, join us for an introductory talk between Corinne Erni, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator of Art and Education, and the artists. Advanced registration is required.
Not a Parrish member? Join today →
Celebrated for his bright, bold, and colorful paintings, Eddie Martinez will present a new body of work made specifically for the Parrish. Taking full advantage of the Museum’s expansive space and high ceilings, Martinez is creating seven 12-foot tall Bufly paintings. Like much of his work, these canvases are imbued with a personal iconography. The artist started the Bufly series in 2021 when his son Arthur who was two at the time became fascinated with butterflies, mispronouncing them as “buflies.” Martinez has been painting them ever since.
Eddie Martinez: Buflies is organized by Corinne Erni, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator, Art and Education and Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs, with additional support from Kaitlin Halloran, Assistant Curator and Publications Coordinator.
Following on the heels of the publication of her first career-spanning monograph, Sam Moyer’s solo exhibition at the Parrish Art Museum will showcase the artist’s relationship to material and light as a throughline in her practice, displaying the range of her processes, and bodies of work, across three galleries. Focusing each space on a specific material relationship, Moyer presents a large-scale stone painting tailor-fit to the architecture of the room, sculptural photographs whose composition are specific to the landscape of Eastern Long Island, and a series of smaller, more representational wall works. Consistent with Moyer’s habit of manifesting a directly tactile experience with the visual materials at hand, two of the three galleries will be outfitted with artist-made marble benches and visitors will be able to play on hand-cast concrete backgammon boards in the Museum’s lobby.
Sam Moyer: Ferns Teeth is organized by Corinne Erni, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator, Art and Education and Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs, with additional support from Kaitlin Halloran, Assistant Curator and Publications Coordinator.
Exhibition Support
Eddie Martinez: Buflies is made possible, in part, thanks to the generous support of The Evelyn Toll Family Foundation, Yanina and Allan Spivack, and a donor who wishes to remain Anonymous.
Sam Moyer: Ferns Teeth is made possible, in part, thanks to the generous support of Jacqueline Brody; The Deborah Buck Foundation; Linda Hackett and Melinda Hackett/ CAL Foundation; Sean Kelly, New York/Los Angeles; BLUM; The Evelyn Toll Family Foundation; Herman Goldman Foundation; Lauren and Steven P. Schwartz; Yanina and Allan Spivack; Allison and Donald Weiss; Karen and Dennis Mehiel; and a donor who wishes to remain Anonymous.
The Parrish Art Museum’s programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and by the property taxpayers from the Southampton School District and the Tuckahoe Common School District.
