Saturday, Apr 11, 2026
Harry S. Parker III Visiting Artist: B. Wurtz
About
Join us for a talk with artist B. Wurtz as part of the Harry S. Parker III Visiting Artist Program, a newly endowed initiative that connects distinguished voices in contemporary art and literature to Fishers Island. Wurtz will share insights into his practice and the ideas that shape his work, opening a conversation about the role of art in today’s cultural and social landscape.
Artist
Bio
B. Wurtz is an American painter and sculptor. He lives and works in New York City. Wurtz
received a BA from the University of California at Berkeley in 1970, and an MFA from the
California Institute of the Arts in 1980. Wurtz is known for his transformations of commonplace
materials into sculptures. In 2015, The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, United
Kingdom mounted a retrospective exhibition of the artist's work that traveled to La Casa
Encendida in Madrid through 2016. In 2018, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles
mounted a major solo exhibition of his work, This Has No Name.