On Saturday evening, Robert Dash’s “Blue Hill” series of pastel works attracted a lot of interest at the Drawing Room in East Hampton, as red dots quickly appeared by many of the works, indicating that they had been sold.
Morgan McGivern
‘The Moby Project’ transforms the staid and rather Quaker plainness of the weathered barn walls and open spaces into a meditation on an old and tragic classic, tied to the sea that surrounds us.
Clayton Orehek’s “A Boggy Picture,” employs neon and paint.
Jennifer Landes
Junko Sugimoto’s “Moby-Dick” served as the unofficial centerpiece of “The Moby Project” at Mulford Farm. At Saturday’s opening, Yves Musard devised a performance piece inspired by the novel, above.Jennifer Landes
Judy Richardson’s “Moby Boat,” a narrow, waxy hull filled with wax-coated objects, had a transporting effect. Jennifer Landes
Junko Sugimoto printed and rolled hundreds of sheets of paper to make the wave-like shapes that took over the barn. Her young daughter faced her at right. Doug Kuntz
Joe Pintauro's photograph on vinyl "Ocean Vortex" can be seen from Main Street.Jennifer Landes
Steven B. Miller's "Where Is M. Dick?" seems rather ominous in a Jonah-inspired way. Jennifer Landes
Dennis Oppenheim's "Go Between" from 1972.Jennifer Landes
"Bob Goes Black" and "Bob Goes Black 2" by Brian Gaman from 2013.Jennifer Landes
Junko Sugimoto, center, spoke with visitors at the opening in her immersive piece "Moby-Dick," made out of rolled printed paper hung with chicken wire in the barn as her young daughter looked on.Doug Kuntz
Even the farm's outhouse was co-opted as exhibition space, in this case for Judy Richardson's "Moby Boat," coated in wax and filled with wax-covered containers.Jennifer Landes
Janet Goleas, the curator of the installation, included her own piece inspired by the site and theme.Morgan McGivern
Yves Musard gave a performance piece during the opening based loosely on the text.Morgan McGivern
Joe Pintauro stood at the "mouth" of his photo piece mounted on vinyl and placed on one of Mulford Farm's buildings.Morgan McGivern
Taylor Rose Berry from BookHampton provided a table for those captivated by the show to return to the text and discover more material by and about Herman Melville.Morgan McGivern
Junko Sugimoto and Janet Goleas in the barnMorgan McGivern
The opening crowd milled about Joe Pintauro's photo piece, which can be seen from Main Street.Morgan McGivern
A Dennis Oppenheim video work from 1972 was inserted into a barn window.Jennifer Landes
