Parrish Hosts Alice Aycock's SOME STORIES ARE WORTH REPEATING Exhibition thru 7/13

The Parrish Art Museum's Alice Aycock Drawings: Some Stories Are Worth Repeating, an exhibition in two venues, in partnership with the Grey Art Gallery, New York University's fine-arts museum, is the first comprehensive exploration of this vital aspect of the renowned sculptor's creative process. The exhibition has been organized by Parrish Art Museum Adjunct Curator Jonathan Fineberg, Gutgsell Professor of Art History Emeritus at the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign. The exhibition traces Aycock's career from 1971 to the present, highlighting the major themes that have overned her artistic practice.

The 55 works at the Parrish Art Museum (on view through July 13) cover the years 1984 to the present, when Aycock developed an increasingly elaborate visual vocabulary, drawing upon a multitude of sources and facilitated in part by the use of computer programs. The Grey Art Gallery's installation (on view through July 13) focuses on the years 1971-1984 and features 48 works, including detailed architectural drawings, sculptural maquettes, and photo documentation for both realized and imagined architectural projects.

A fully illustrated catalogue, featuring an interpretive essay by Fineberg and an introduction by Parrish Art Museum Director Terrie Sultan, accompanies the exhibition. The exhibition will travel to Santa Barbara, where the two parts will be on view concurrently at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara, from January 25 through April 19, 2014.

The Parrish Art Museum is the oldest cultural institution on the East End of Long Island, uniquely situated within one of the most concentrated creative communities in the United States. The Parrish is dedicated to the collection, preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of art from the nineteenth century to the present, with a particular focus on honoring the rich creative legacy of the East End, celebrating the region's enduring heritage as a vibrant art colony, telling the story of our area, our "sense of place," and its national-even global-impact on the world of art. The Parrish is committed to educational outreach, to serving as a dynamic cultural resource for its diverse community, and to celebrating artistic innovation for generations to come.

Artwork: Alice Aycock (American, born 1946) The Celestial City Game, 1988. Black ink and watercolor on cream paper, 61 ½ x 91 inches. Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York, Gift of the Parrish Art Museum Collector's Circle, 2009.14