The Art Scene 01.28.16

Cuban Prints at Grenning

The Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor will open a show of works on paper with a reception Saturday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The exhibition will run through Feb. 27.

Alejandro Sainz Alfonso, whose studio Laura Grenning visited on a recent visit to Cuba, will exhibit for the first time at the gallery. His colorful silkscreens offer a comedic take on his life in Cuba. “We were intrigued to see Cuba from an artistic perspective,” according to Ms. Grenning.

“Like Darwin’s Galapagos Islands, we were able to see a vibrant artistic community that has had very few outside influences since 1959.” Mr. Alfonso’s prints were discovered in a government-sponsored print show.

The exhibition will also include charcoal and conté crayon drawings by Ben Fenske, new watercolors by Christian White, and new drawings by Michael Kotasek.

Marissa Bridge at Markel

Marissa Bridge, whose exhibition “A Bridge in Conversation” is on view at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts in Bridgehampton through Feb. 7, will be at the gallery on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. to talk about her life and work.

Ms. Bridge painted underwater seascapes from the late-1980s until the mid-1990s, when her husband, Allan Bridge, a conceptual artist, was killed by a hit-and-run Jet Skier while diving. After that loss she painted commercially for a decade until, given an orchid, she began “Silent Journey,” a series of paintings of the life cycle of an orchid, which reflected both loss and closure. Her most recent work focuses on Lilith daylilies.