A Conversation with Mel Kendrick and Carroll Dunham

Artist Mel Kendrick, whose work is featured in a new, comprehensive exhibition at the Parrish Art Museum, and his longtime friend and fellow artist Carroll Dunham will discuss their careers as artists and approach to artmaking on Saturday, January 14 from 3 to 4 p.m. at the museum.

Kendrick and Dunham were both former studio assistants to Parrish collection artist Dorothea Rockburne. The talk is presented in conjunction with “Mel Kendrick: Seeing Things in Things,” the first major survey of Kendrick’s (American, b. 1949) work highlighting his four-decade career that explores how the artist pushes the limits of materials including wood, rubber and concrete to create sculpture that lays bare the process by which it was made.

Mel Kendrick’s sculptures have drawn widespread critical acclaim throughout his career. He is a three-time recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and received the both the Francis J. Greenburger Award and the American Academy of Arts & Letters’ Academy Award. Kendrick’s work is represented in the collections of leading museums across the U.S. and abroad.

Carroll Dunham is a contemporary American painter, whose career has encompassed elements of Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism and Neo-expressionism, moving from abstraction to figuration. Dunham has held global solo exhibitions and her work is held in numerous esteemed collections.

The talk in the Lichtenstein Theater will be introduced by Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs and Senior Curator of ArtsReach and Special Projects Corinne Erni. Admission to this program and the exhibition galleries is $16 ($5 members and students, $10 seniors and member’s guests). Advance ticket purchase is recommended at parrishart.org. Parrish Art Museum is at 279 Montauk Highway, Water Mill.