Parrish Perspectives: Recent Acquisitions in Context

Parrish Perspectives: Recent Acquisitions in Context showcases a selection of more than 70 works from the more than 300 acquired by the Museum since the opening of the Water Mill building in 2012.

The exhibition features work on view at the Parrish for the first time by established collection artists and  artists new to the collection.  Recent Acquisitions in Context reflects the curatorial decision-making involved in the process of building a collection, reveals the depth and breadth of new acquisitions to the Museum within the context of its ever-growing collection of more than 3,000 works dating from 1833 to today, and demonstrates the Museum’s commitment to bringing together works that enhance the appreciation of art and the artist’s practice. Recent Acquisitions in Context is organized into four themes: Representing Abstraction, Humor and Irony, Horizon Lines, and Face to Face. 

Recent Acquisitions in Context also reveals the generosity of the many donors who understand the value of sharing great art with the community. Cynthia Nadelman recently gifted to the Museum a remarkable group of 15 small plaster figures by her grandfather Elie Nadelman as a tribute to curator Klaus Kertess, who had a long association with the Parrish and championed Nadelman’s work. Small works in the Parrish collection by sculptors Bill King and Costantino Nivola complement and give context to the Nadelman gift. Also on view are paintings and photographs by Friedel Dzubas, Jane Freilicher, Lindsay Morris, Theodore Stamos, Jane Wilson, and others.