Richard Sigmund offers ‘A Place to Rest’
By Annette Hinkle - January 11, 2022
This week, the artwork of Richard Sigmund goes on view in an exhibition titled “A Place to Rest” at Keyes Gallery in Sag Harbor. The show opens with a reception on Saturday, January 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. and runs through February 2.
Sigmund grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and began making art in San Diego at the age of 28, when he found it was a place where he felt free with his thoughts. He now lives with his wife in Brooklyn, and East Hampton. When he isn’t making artwork, he is creating Zen gardens behind his cottage, creating paths that are like his white line paintings. He is discovering nature, and finding healing with the trees.
“For 40 years, I have painted the white line in the street. Simple, common, often overlooked,” he said in a recent artist’s statement. “As an artist, making my work is therapy. To become artwork, the pieces need to have an effect on someone else. My goal as an artist is that my work will allow someone to have a moment in their day by seeing a stoop, that makes them stop, become present, and have a moment that is more than.”
Richard Sigmund "Coney Island Stoop," 2016. Painted wood and metal, 12 1/8" x 19 ½" x 6 ¼." Courtesy Keyes Gallery.