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The Art Scene: 10.31.19

Tue, 10/29/2019 - 12:08

Three at Ashawagh

“A-B-C,” a show of work by Annie Sessler, Bobby Lurie, and Chuck Manion, artists and surfers who engage in both pursuits in Montauk, will be on view Saturday and Sunday at Ashawagh Hall in Springs. A reception is set for Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m.

Ms. Sessler will show some pieces influenced by her eel and octopus gyotaku (fish prints), as well as assemblages, drawings, and paintings. Mr. Lurie, who has worked as a musician for the past 25 years, is a self-taught artist who paints what he sees while in the ocean and on his way there. Mr. Manion makes three-dimensional paintings with unconventional materials, among them burlap and netting, through which he forces oil pigments.

Weaving Workshop

Laurie Lambrecht, a photographer and fiber artist whose work is currently on view at the Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack as part of the Parrish Art Museum’s 2019 Road Show, will conduct a three-session weaving workshop at Guild Hall.

Using found materials such as driftwood, old picture frames, and recycled fabrics, Ms. Lambrecht will focus on making looms and creating weavings inspired by the landscape. She has requested that participants take found materials to the workshops, which will begin on Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and continue on Nov. 9 and Nov. 23 at the same times. The cost is $80, $60 for members. No experience is necessary.

Four Painters in Sag

“Inspired,” a group exhibition organized by Kimberly Goff, is on view at the Ezra Gallery of the Hamptons in Sag Harbor through Dec. 8. A reception will be held Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m.

The show includes paintings by Bruce Lieberman, whose inspiration comes from both nature and painting itself; Ann Lombardo, whose recent paintings are inspired by her garden shed, Ms. Goff, who cites nature and her artistic predecessors as influences, and Eric Dever, whose work reflects his “unabashed use of saturated, matte, electric, and often acid color,” according to Jennifer Landes, The Star’s arts editor.

Artwork by Priscilla Bowden, Warren Brandt, John Day, Jimmy Ernst, Zero Mostel, Alfonso Ossorio, and Kathy Tanous will also be on view.

Slater at MM Fine Art

A show of recent paintings by David Slater will open at MM Fine Art in Southampton with a reception Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. and continue through Nov. 17.

Mr. Slater, who lives and works in Sag Harbor, is known for his mixed-media canvases, whose vivid imagery derives from symbols, dreams, memories, and religious beliefs. His early work was abstract, but after being inspired by Willem de Kooning’s “Woman” series, he switched to an eccentric and complex narrative style whose underpinnings range from spirituality to folk art.

Parrish Road Show Artists

The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will host a conversation among its two 2019 Road Show artists, Candace Hill Montgomery and Laurie Lambrecht, and Corinne Erni, the museum’s senior curator of special projects, Friday at 6 p.m.

Ms. Montgomery’s exhibition “Hills and Valleys,” which took place in May at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum, featured weavings in a wide variety of materials, engaging such social and political issues as race, feminism, poverty, and the environment.

“Limn to Limb,” a site-specific installation by Ms. Lambrecht, a photographer and fiber artist, is on view at the Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack through Nov. 3. The show includes large fiber prints of tree bark, cut-up fabric prints, and hand-knitted covers for stones.

Tickets to Friday’s three-way conversation are $12, free for members and students.

 

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