Flood & Form
Jim Dine joins a sculptural conversation about survival, empathy, and the wild in the forthcoming group exhibition, The Ark, at The Church in Sag Harbor.
Jim Dine, Bird, Me and Tool, 2024, 250 x 144 x 125 cm, bronze, edition of 3
The Ark
Curated by Eric Fischl
22 June - 1 September
The Church
48 Madison Street
Sag Harbor, NY 11963
Opening Reception:
Saturday, 21 June, 2025
6 PM - 7:30 PM
We’re delighted to announce that a large-scale bronze work by Jim Dine will be featured in The Ark, a powerful group exhibition curated by Eric Fischl at The Church in Sag Harbor, running 22 June – 1 September, with an opening reception on Saturday, 21 June, 6–7:30 PM.
The Ark, The Church’s 2025 Summer exhibition curated by Eric Fischl, refers directly to the myth of the Deluge: an event of such apocalyptic scale, forewarned, unheeded, and unstoppable, that it appeared it would be the end of all life on earth. However, through human resourcefulness, will, and compassion, the Great Flood marked a new beginning, a do-over… a rebirth. Composed solely of animal sculptures by over 40 international artists of the last century, the exhibition looks closely at man’s relationship with animals, nature, and self.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue, featuring all of the works in the show as well as text contributions by many of the artists, designed and produced by Pointed Leaf Press.
“These works explore themes of beauty, empathy, vulnerability, desperation, tenderness, and connection to both the otherness of animals in the wildness of nature and a mirroring metaphor for the interior world of Self. The works are, for the most part, handmade, which further highlights the complexity of our experience of both the art object created and the emotional urgency one feels through its maker”
– Eric Fischl
Installation View: Palazzo Rocca, Venice, Jim Dine, Bird, Me and Tool, 2024, 250 x 144 x 125 cm, Bronze, Edition of 3; Photography: Matt Dine.
The Ark
Curated by Eric Fischl
22 June - 1 September
The Church, Sag Harbor
Featured Artists:
Monica Banks, Louise Bourgeois, Rembrandt Bugatti, Deborah Butterfield, Joan Brown, Maurizio Cattelan, Thomas Deininger, Jim Dine, William Edmondson, Angus Fairhurst, Daniel Firman, Elizabeth Frink, Jean-François Gambino, Brendan Hemsmondhalgh, Nicola Hicks, Bryan Hunt, Jörd Immendorf, Ryan Johnson, William Kent, William Kentridge, Sherrie Levine, Sarah Lucas, Kate MccGwire, Allan McCollum, Mentawai people, Bruce Nauman, John O’Reilly, Charles Ray, Germaine Richier, Jane Rosen, Susan Rothenberg, Claudette Schreuders, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Kiki Smith, Anthony Theakston, Nichola Theakston, Catherine Thiry, Rosemarie Trockel, William Tucker, Patrick Villas, Daisy Youngblood.
