Southampton, LI, NY, August TK,
2008 –
SOUTHAMPTON INN,
the largest year-round hotel and
banquet/conference facility in
Southampton, located in the
heart of town at 91 Hill Street,
is as famous for distinctive
cultural events as it is for
gracious hospitality and
five-star dining. So it’s no
surprise that the Inn was chosen
by Yoko Ono for the
exhibit Come Together: A
Look Into John Lennon’s Life
Through His Artwork, an
internationally acclaimed,
ever-changing exhibit of
Lennon’s characteristic
drawings. Produced by Legacy
Fine Art Productions, this is
the largest collection of his
works ever assembled and an
exhibit that has travelled
across the country and around
the world for 15 years,
garnering record crowds and
raising hundreds of thousands of
dollars for charity. Lennon’s
inspiring and emotional sketches
are also in the permanent
collections of the New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York Museum of Modern Art,
San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art and the John
Lennon Museum in Japan.
Come Together
features hand-signed pieces and
limited edition prints, as well
as serigraphs, lithographs,
copper etchings and aqua tints,
all of which are available for
sale.
They will be on display at Southampton Inn August 22 – 24
and will benefit
Human Resources of the Hamptons,
a non-profit organization
dedicated to helping those who
face poverty, hunger, illness or
homelessness.
Show hours are:
Friday, Aug 22, 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm; Saturday, Aug 23, 11:00 am to 8:00 pm;
and Sunday, Aug 24, 11:00 am to
7:00 pm.
Admission is $2.00.
For further show information, call (888) ART-1969.
For travel directions to Southampton Inn, call (631) 283-6500.
A musician, songwriter, poet,
artist and philosopher, John
Lennon will long be remembered
as one of the true visionaries
of the 20th century.
Before he was a Beatle, he was
an artist who attended the
renowned Liverpool School of Art
school and he continued to
chronicle his remarkable life
with wry, whimsical, line
drawings in pen, pencil, and
Japanese sumi ink. His style
was comprised of quick sketches,
free-hand drawings, caricatures
and illustrations that continue
to illuminate his keen sense of
observation, wit and profound
irony. Come Together
includes over 100 pieces from
1968 – 1980, encompassing the
final phase of Lennon’s Beatles
career, his years as a solo
artist, his activist and
creative partnership with wife
Yoko Ono, his five-year hiatus
in New York as a stay-at-home
dad, and his return to the music
scene in 1980, which was cruelly
cut short by his murder in
December of that year. John
Lennon’s message of peace, hope
and love still resonates
worldwide and is at the core of
his powerful and provocative
artwork. At the time of his
death, he had preserved several
hundred drawings that he
considered important.