Book Launch and Talk | Will Ryman

REGISTER 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…