Connie Fox and William King's Artistic Partnership Explored in Guild Hall Exhibition
Between October 22 and December 31, 2016, Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York, hosted a collaborative exhibition featuring Connie Fox and William King, curated by Gail Levin. This display combined Fox's abstract paintings with King's figurative sculptures, highlighting their artistic partnership spanning three decades. King, a Fulbright Scholar and Cooper Union alumnus, crafted playful figures, while Fox focused on expressionist abstraction. Levin curated pieces such as King's My Pleasure (2007) alongside Fox's Bill's Vinyl Man with Stool (1985). Both artists drew inspiration from early modernists, with Fox referencing Duchamp in Marcel's Star (1993) and King creating a wooden likeness of him. The exhibition also showcased romantic motifs, including King's Marry Me (2010) and Fox's Sammy's Beach series, as well as their musical project, The Art Attacks.
Key facts
- Exhibition dates: October 22 to December 31, 2016
- Location: Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton, NY
- Curator: Gail Levin
- Artists: Connie Fox (born Fowler, Colorado) and William King (from Jacksonville, Florida)
- King studied at Cooper Union and in Rome as a Fulbright Scholar
- Fox met Elaine de Kooning in 1978, who convinced her to move to East Hampton
- Both artists were influenced by Marcel Duchamp and early modernists
- The couple married in 2007 after being together since 1983
Entities
Artists
- Connie Fox
- William King
- Gail Levin
- Elaine de Kooning
- Paul Klee
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Robert Delaunay
- Sonia Delaunay
- Pablo Picasso
- Georges Braque
- Elie Nadelman
- Marcel Duchamp
- Colette
- Max Beckmann
- Cindy Sherman
- Barbara Hepworth
- Nefertiti
- Edgar Degas
- Audrey Flack
Institutions
- Guild Hall
- Cooper Union
- Parrish Art Museum
Locations
- East Hampton
- New York
- United States
- Jacksonville
- Florida
- Fowler
- Colorado
- Rome
- Italy
- Albuquerque
- New Mexico
- San Francisco
- California