January 2, 2005
Steven Parrino, 1958-2005
I just learned that Steven Parrino, an artist, musician, and writer of significant talent and uncompromising integrity whose recent New York solo show was vastly underappreciated, died in a motorcycle accident at 2a.m. Saturday morning. Agnes Martin, Tom Wesselman, Anne Truitt, Gretchen Bender, Susan Sontag, and now Parrino, who I had the fortune to meet (albeit briefly) and who touched the lives of several of my friends, have all passed away in a month that has been a rather inauspicious end to a long year.
UPDATE (1/03): Click here for Roberta Smith's obituary published in today's New York Times. More information, including details of a memorial service and an informal gathering of friends, can be found here on the Team Gallery website.
UPDATE (1/08): The aforementioned informal gathering will take place at the Swiss Institute on the evening of Thursday, January 20.