New Installation FRESH PAINT: Reggie Burrows Hodges
Reggie Burrows Hodges (American, b. 1965). Labor: Sound Bath, 2022, acrylic on linen, 114¾ x 120¾ in. © Reggie Burrows Hodges, Courtesy the artist and Karma.
In Collaboration with The FLAG Art Foundation
On View February 13–June 9, 2025
Water Mill, NY, February 13, 2025 — The Parrish Art Museum and The FLAG Art Foundation continue their collaboration with the latest FRESH PAINT installation, featuring a never-before-exhibited work by Bay Area-based artist Reggie Burrows Hodges (American, b. 1965). On view February 13 through June 9, 2025, the exhibition presents Labor: Sound Bath (2022), part of Hodges’s Labor series.
On view to the public for the first time, Hodges’s Labor: Sound Bath (2022) presents a verdant rural scene within which a lone figure, nearly indiscernible from the dappled light and dense vegetation, tends to the land. The work is part of Hodges’s Labor series, large-scale paintings based on his memories of the Central Valley of California, a region known for its sprawling farmlands and high crop production. Human presence in the landscape is key to the Labor series, which celebrates the generative traditions of harvesting food and gardening while pointing to the agriculture industry’s reliance on exploitative labor.
FRESH PAINT is a rotating series of single-artwork exhibitions at the Parrish that highlights new or never-before-exhibited works by emerging and established artists. By circumventing traditional exhibition timelines, FRESH PAINT provides a platform for artists to showcase newly created artworks and ideas, fostering a direct response to contemporary issues. The exhibition is presented in the Parrish’s Creativity Lounge and is free to the public during Museum hours.
“We are thrilled to present this outstanding piece by Reggie Burrows Hodges, which not only continues the East End’s tradition of American landscapes—established by Impressionist William Merritt Chase and his en plein air school, the first in the U.S.—but also builds on the momentum of Lauren Halsey’s and Derrick Adams’ impactful exhibitions. Showcasing these visionary artists underscores our commitment to bringing timely and compelling contemporary perspectives to the Parrish. Glenn Fuhrman and The FLAG Art Foundation are tremendous partners and friends of the Museum, and our collaboration continues to spark meaningful dialogue and engagement—further enriched by contributions from esteemed writers, scholars, and our Teen Council members, who offer their own interpretations of the work,” said Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, Executive Director of the Parrish Art Museum.
Each FRESH PAINT installation is accompanied by two sets of interpretative texts: one is a commissioned piece by an invited writer, critic, poet, or scholar; the other is a collaboration with the Parrish Teen Council ARTscope, a youth-focused initiative offering an in-depth exploration of the visual arts and museum operations.
FRESH PAINT: Reggie Burrows Hodges is organized by Scout Hutchinson, Associate Curator of Exhibitions at the Parrish, in collaboration with Jon Rider, Director, and Caroline Cassidy, Director of Exhibitions, at The FLAG Art Foundation.
About Reggie Burrows Hodges
Born in Compton, CA, Hodges explores storytelling and visual metaphor through paintings that engage with questions of identity, community, truth, and memory. Starting from a black ground, he develops the scene around his figures with painterly, foggy brushwork, playing with how perception is affected when the descriptive focus is placed not on human agents but on their surroundings. Figures materialize in recessive space, stripped of physical identifiers; bodies are described by their painted context. These formal decisions speak to Hodges’s embrace of tenuous ambiguities and his close observation of the relationship between humans and their environment.
About The FLAG Art Foundation
The FLAG Art Foundation is a non-collecting, nonprofit exhibition space that mounts solo, two-person, and thematic group exhibitions centering on emerging and established artists from around the globe. Organized by a diverse community of curators and thinkers within and beyond the art world, FLAG opened to the public in 2008 and has staged over 100 exhibitions celebrating the work of nearly 1,000 artists. Committed to providing education and resources for its surrounding community, and across New York City, all exhibitions and programs—including artist talks, artist-led workshops, and guided tours for school and museum groups—are free and open to the public.
The FLAG Art Foundation was founded by Glenn Fuhrman, an art patron and philanthropist, and alongside his wife Amanda, a Co-Founder of The Fuhrman Family Foundation. Fuhrman is a Trustee of New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, and The Tate Americas Foundation, New York, NY, and is a Board Member of The Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, PA. He is also a Board Member of the 92nd Street Y, New York, and The Central Park Conservancy, New York, NY.
Exhibition Support
FRESH PAINT: Reggie Burrows Hodges is made possible with generous support from The FLAG Art Foundation. The Parrish Art Museum’s programs are supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and by property taxpayers from the Southampton and Tuckahoe School Districts.
More information about FRESH PAINT developed by the Parrish Art Museum and the FLAG Art Foundation can be found here.
