Self-portrait of Almond Zigmund in her East Hampton Studio. Photo courtesy of the artist.
May 4 – July 13, 2025
Marks Family Gallery South
In conjunction with the Functional Relationships exhibition, Almond Zigmund, artist and creator of the series Almond Artist and Writers, will lead the creation of a site-specific environment and a series of participatory public programs in the Marks Family South Gallery. The installation will include functional, artist-made furniture for public use. The space will encourage visitors to linger, lounge, and interact; creating a dynamic gathering space that engages with the idea of how art can be an essential part of community building.
This exhibition is organized by Melanie Crader, museum director and curator of visual arts, with Philippa Content, museum registrar and exhibition coordinator.
About Functional Relationships: Artist-Made Furniture
Utilizing Donald Judd as a historical reference, this group exhibition will examine East End Artists who make functional furniture as an extension to their creative practice—as a means of problem-solving, to create an element of designed living, and to create social spaces. Artists included are John Chamberlain, Robert Wilson, Mary Heilmann, Almond Zigmund, Evan Yee, Peter Dayton, Quentin Curry, Scott Bluedorn, Yung Jake, and more.
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Almond Zigmund
Originally from Brooklyn, Almond Zigmund received a BFA from Parsons School of Design, in New York and Paris and an MFA from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she studied art theory and criticism with the MacArthur Award-winning critic, Dave Hickey.
Zigmund makes large-scale site-responsive installations, discrete sculptures, works on paper, and paintings. Combining crisp geometry, vivid color, and intricate patterns, her sculptures and installations often suggest walls, barricades, enclosures, and other aspects of the built environment. The architectonic works tend to engage the eye and the body at once, offering generous amounts of visual stimulation while also inducing visceral reactions to the virtual and actual spaces.
Zigmund's work has been exhibited internationally and is in public and private collections. She has done several public and private site-specific installations, including at the Parrish Museum of Art, CMA in New York, and The University of LaVerne in California. She has completed 2 public commissions for the NYC Dept of Transportation, and large scale murals at the The Whitman Walker Health Center in Washington DC, Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY, and at One Financial Plaza in NYC as part of the Brookfield Arts program. She most recently completed a commission for a public sculpture with the US State Department Art in Embassies Program in Paraguay and is currently developing a series of public sculptures.
Photo: Francine Fleischer
Sponsors
Visual Arts programs are supported by funding from Lucio and Joan Noto, The Michael Lynne Museum Endowment, and The Melville Straus Family Endowment.
Additional support provided by Friends of the Museum: Sara Amani and Timothy Ward, Danielle Anderman, Shari and Jeff Aronson, The Artist Profile Archive, Amalia Dayan and Adam Lindemann, Cara and John Fry, Susan Lacy, Robert Longo and Sophie Chahinian, Onna House, Lisa and Richard Perry, Laurie and Martin Scheinman, Jeff and Audrey Spiegel, Hillary and Jeff Suchman, Barbara Tober, Jane Wesman and Don Savelson, Neda Young, and an anonymous donor.
Free gallery admission is sponsored, in part, by Landscape Details.