The Art Scene 02.25.16

The Disappearing Landscape

“Scenes and Structures: Here and Gone,” an exhibition of paintings by Eileen Dawn Skretch and photographs by Anthony Lombardo that focus on the vanishing landscape, will open Tuesday at the Southampton Cultural Center and remain on view through April 10. A reception will be held March 12 from 4 to 6 p.m.

A Southampton native, Ms. Skretch paints her large, sweeping landscapes on birch plywood and hollow-core doors, allowing the wood grain to become an essential part of the design. Mr. Lombardo, who lives in Water Mill, will exhibit large-scale photographs of vanishing East End barns and other farm structures.

Watermill Center in Manhattan

Hank Willis Thomas, a multi-disciplinary artist who engages the themes of identity, history, and popular culture, will discuss his work on Tuesday at 7 p.m. as part of “Viewpoints @ 29th Street,” a series of presentations held by the Watermill Center at the Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation in Manhattan.

In addition to his sculpture, photographs, installations, video, and mixed-media work, Mr. Thomas is the author of “Pitch Blackness,” which begins with a personal and interpretive re-telling of the murder of his cousin, and goes on to trace the artist’s career as he grapples with the issues of grief, black-on-black violence in America, and the ways in which corporate culture is complicit in the crises of black male identity.

Tickets are free, but advance reservations are required.