Amy Sillman Speaks About Helen Frankenthaler

Through painting, drawing, animation and writing, abstract artist Amy Sillman has woven together an art practice that is engaged in both material matters and discursive thinking. On Friday, September 13, at 6 p.m., Sillman will share her unique insight into the work of Helen Frankenthaler in an intimate talk with Parrish Art Museum Director Terrie Sultan at the museum.

The talk will take place in one of the Parrish galleries featuring large-scale paintings in the exhibition “Abstract Climates: Helen Frankenthaler in Provincetown.” The exhibition illustrates Frankenthaler’s transition from Abstract Expressionism to a more allusive form of abstraction and offers new insights into the major role her work played in the development of Abstract Expressionism in America. Sillman was invited by the museum to speak about Frankenthaler from her unique perspective as a practicing abstract artist who shares similar points of inspiration and techniques.

“Sillman has described her reaction to Frankenthaler’s early early work as ‘intense and visceral.’ We look forward to her sharing that passion with us and the community here at the Parrish,” said Alicia G. Longwell, Ph.D., The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator.

Active as an educator, Sillman held a position as Professor at the Staedelschule in Frankfurt from 2014 to 2019. She is based in New York City and is represented by Gladstone Gallery. Her artwork has been widely shown and collected at private and public institutions in the U.S. and Europe, including MoMA, The Met, The Whitney, LA MoCA, Portikus in Frankfurt, Lenbachhaus and the Brandhorst Museum in Munich, the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, and The Tate Modern, London.

The Parrish Art Museum is at 179 Montauk Highway, Water Mill. Admission to the talk is $12 (free for members, children and students). For details visit parrishart.org or call 631-283-2118.