TOM MARIONI at 80

September 7 - October 31, 2017
Reception: Wednesday, September 13, 6-8pm

Tom Marioni

Crown Point Press announces TOM MARIONI at 80, an exhibition exploring Marioni’s contribution to conceptual art through his use of social actions as art. On view September 7 to October 31, the exhibition centers on his signature social artwork, The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art (1970). TOM MARIONI at 80 presents new prints and earlier object-based works that refer to the evolution of that seminal 1970 work. The six new prints by Tom Marioni were completed in the spring of 2017 at Crown Point and focus on the beer bottle itself, the object crucial to Beer with Friends. There will be a reception with the artist on Wednesday, September 13, from 6-8pm. Marioni’s sound piece Beer Drinking Sonata (1996) will be performed by 13 invited friends at 6:30pm that evening.

Press Release Overview Video of Reception

Tom Marioni, Three of a Kind, 2017
Color spit bite aquatint with aquatint and soft ground etching.
11 x 11"; 17½ x 17". 25.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$2,500    InquireInquire
Tom Marioni, Beer with Musical Friends, 2017
Color spit bite aquatint with aquatint and soft ground etching on gampi paper chine collé.
22 x 25"; 28½ x 31". 30.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$4,500    InquireInquire
Tom Marioni, Beer with Lemon, 2017
Color spit bite aquatint with aquatint and soft ground etching.
12 x 9"; 18½ x 15". 25.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$2,500    InquireInquire
Tom Marioni, Beer Bottle Bouquet, 2017
Color spit bite aquatint with aquatint and soft ground etching on gampi paper chine collé.
14 x 9"; 20½ x 15". 25.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$2,500    InquireInquire
Tom Marioni, Particle Accelerator, 2017
Color spit bite aquatint with drypoint.
8¼ x 5½"; 13½ x 10½". 20.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$1,500    InquireInquire
Tom Marioni, Collision Debris, 2017
Color spit bite aquatint with drypoint.
8¼ x 5½"; 13½ x 10½". 20.
Crown Point Press and Sam Carr-Prindle.
$1,500    InquireInquire
Tom Marioni, Manhattan, 1996
Color direct gravure with aquatint.
18 x 23"; 28¼ x 32½". 25.
Crown Point Press and Dena Schuckit.
$4,000 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
Tom Marioni, Drumming, 2002
Color soft ground etching with aquatint.
16 x 10"; 27 x 18". 15.
Crown Point Press and Rachel Fuller.
$3,000    InquireInquire