Annual Benefit
2012 SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK
ANNUAL BENEFIT
HONORING ARTIST TONY FEHER AND CURATOR RICHARD FLOOD
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 / 6:30–9:30 PM
Sunset cocktails, live music, maritime cuisine, and boat rides
at Mark di Suvero’s riverfront studio in Long Island City
FESTIVE ATTIRE
PROGRAM
Boat Rides every half hour, courtesy of Veso Buntic
Benefit sale of "Welcoming the Flowers" prints by John Giorno
6:30pm Cocktails
7:30pm Remarks
9:00pm Park Tour of the Emerging Artist Exhibition
Music by Moon Hooch
Hors d’oeuvres and dinner buffet prepared by
Chef Michael Fiore of RCano Events
Cocktails by St-Germain
TICKETS AND MORE INFO
For tickets, directions and transportation CLICK HERE
HONOREE: TONY FEHER
Throughout his career as an artist, Tony Feher has mined common objects of our material world and transformed them into extraordinary moments of revelation and beauty. He has exhibited throughout the United States and internationally, and has a twenty-year survey of his work, organized by the Blaffer Museum, University of Houston that will travel to four venues over a two-year period terminating at the Bronx Museum for the Arts in October of 2013. Feher is an alumni artist of Socrates Sculpture Park.
HONOREE: RICHARD FLOOD
Over his 40-plus year career, Richard Flood has served as Managing Editor of Artforum, Curator at P.S. 1, Director of Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Chief Curator at the Walker Art Center, and Chief Curator, Director of Special Projects and Curator at Large at the New Museum. He has published extensively on contemporary art and has organized a multitude of museum exhibitions including solo exhibitions of artists such as Matthew Barney, Robert Gober, Sherrie Levine, Sigmar Polke, and Rivane Neuenschwander.
SPECIAL EDITION
"Welcoming the Flowers" is a series of 18 prints by the poet and artist John Giorno. Each print is a different poem / text that combines sumptuous colors with the floral imagery in a collision of art and culture. Proceeds will benefit the Park's grounds and gardens. Courtesy of John Giorno and Durham Press.
Nautical Flags: Top row, left to right: Wish to Communicate with You; Preparing to Replenish; Engaged in Trawling; Require Assistance. Bottom row, left to right: Message Understood, Coming Alongside, Gala Ahead, Affirmative
