The Art Scene 03.31.16

Celebrating Graffiti Art

The White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton will open “Up On the Roof,” an exhibition celebrating graffiti art, with a reception Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. The show will remain on view through April 24.

Last November, Vinny Pacifico, a collector of that art form, invited CES and YES2, internationally known graffiti artists, to put their mark on his roof in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. Photographs by Kat O’Neill, Ann Brandeis, and Guy Pierno, who documented the work, will be on view in the gallery.

Both CES and YES2 will create new pieces during the reception, and a video of the Hunts Point project will also be shown.

Jerry Schwabe at Quogue Library

The art gallery at the Quogue Library will present “Views of the East End: Real and Imagined,” an exhibition of paintings by Jerry Schwabe, from Saturday through May 1.

A man of many mediums — painting, sculpture, and photography among them — Mr. Schwabe, who lives in East Hampton, focuses for the most part on the light and color of the water, woods, and open fields of the East End.

Art Sale at Ashawagh

Donald Kennedy, an artist who lived most of his life in East Hampton until his death in 2011, was known for both his monumental metal sculptures and his watercolors, pastels, and paintings, which reflect his fascination with farm trucks and equipment.

A sale of his work, which was left to the Springs Improvement Society, will be held at Ashawagh Hall in Springs on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 to 3.

“Image and Form” at Rogers

“Image and Form,” photographs by James Slezak and sculpture by Eric Pesso, will be on view at the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton from Saturday through April 30. A reception will be held Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m.

The East End landscape figures prominently in the work of Mr. Slezak, who lives in Hampton Bays. The photographs in this show move away from strict representation, and most of the images are larger than his previously exhibited work.

Mr. Pesso lives and works in Brooklyn, and the three works in the exhibition were all created from the same giant oak tree that fell in his neighborhood during Hurricane Sandy. Each of his elegant, free-flowing forms is carved from a single log, using a chisel and mallet.

Information Session at Parrish

The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will hold a free information session on Wednesday at noon for artists interested in applying for the next juried “Artists Choose Artists” exhibition, which will take place from Oct. 30 through Jan. 16.

Each juror — Tina Barney, Lynda Benglis, Donald Lipski, Tony Oursler, Jorge Pardo, Cindy Sherman, and Leo Villareal — will choose two artists, whose work will be exhibited alongside his or her own. The application deadline is May 31. Applications can be submitted at parrishart.slideroom.com.