2022 Year in Review

In 2022, the Peter Marino Art Foundation in Southampton, New York, welcomed thousands of visitors from the East End of Long Island and around the world to view works spanning from Ancient Egypt to the present day by internationally renowned artists.

Highlighting the season were summer-long exhibitions of Anselm Kiefer and Melvin Edwards, and rotating exhibitions of contemporary works by Vik Muniz, Sanford Biggers, Johan Creten and Jean-Michel Othoniel.

Ten works by German neo-expressionist artist Anselm Kiefer were on view across three galleries which reflected the preservation of knowledge as an important theme of Kiefer’s. His densely layered works are fueled by a variety of historical, mythological and literary sources that reflect his preoccupation with memory and history, their preservation and erosion.

Upstairs, in the former librarian’s apartment, were 14 works from the "Lynch Fragments" series by sculptor Melvin Edwards. The intimate setting highlighted Edward's exploration of intersectional identity, social justice,
and political awareness through his sculptures of welded steel.

Complementing the exhibition programming was our signature event series “Brunch with Bob.” Hosted by
Co-Associate Directors Bob Colacello and Isabelle Marino and joined by Peter Marino, each art talk included casual conversations with a featured artist(s) set amongst the installation of their art in the Meeting Room Gallery. 

Kicking off the summer were more than 30 works by Brazilian artist and photographer Vik Muniz. Primarily working with unconventional materials such as magazine clippings, chocolate syrup, trash and toys, Muniz often recreates historical works of art, celebrity portraits and more. Muniz spoke about what has influenced him from his humble beginnings in São Paulo and experiences in 1980s New York to his starring role in the
Oscar-nominated documentary Waste Land.

More than a dozen works by American artist Sanford Biggers followed for a mid-summer show including quilts from his Codex series and new marble sculptures commissioned by Peter Marino. Biggers’ work is an interplay of narrative, perspective, and history that speaks to current social, political, and economic happenings while also examining the contexts that bore them. The conceptual artist talked about working with various mediums and how his travels to Italy, Ghana and Japan have influenced him.

Arriving from Paris in August, Johan Creten and Jean-Michel Othoniel captivated a standing room-only audience as they discussed their sculptural mediums and how they balance strength and fragility through the materials, i.e. glass and ceramic, with which they create. More than three dozen works were on exhibition alongside each other capping off an exhilarating summer of art.

Famous for his allegorical sculptures in ceramic and bronze, Johan Creten brings together a world full of poetry, lyricism, and mysteries. His art underlines the importance of beauty, while reaffirming his humanist consciousness and the social and political resonance of his practice.

Jean-Michel Othoniel's aesthetic revolves around the notion of emotional geometry. Through the repetition of modular elements such as bricks or his signature beads, he creates jewelry-like sculptures whose relationship to the human scale ranges from intimacy to monumentality.

The Foundation also hosted “Short Talk & Signing” book events featuring Bob Colacello and Peter Marino.

Bob Colacello’s recent artist’s book It Just Happened presents Colacello's photographs from the 70s and 80s chronologically accompanied by handwritten captions. A selection of Colacello's black and white photographs, many from the book and one-of-a-kind, were on view for a limited time.

Peter Marino published a book in the Spring of 2022 featuring his collection of works by Charles Jones, the English gardener turned photographer whose late 19th century black and white portraits of fruits and vegetables are on permanent view at the foundation.

Thank you for joining us in 2022 and for your continued support of the Peter Marino Art Foundation! We look forward to welcoming you next summer with a new program of exciting events starting in May 2023 with exhibitions of Georg Baselitz and Erwin Wurm.