The Art Scene: 05.24.18

S.I.S. Members Show

The Springs Improvement Society’s annual members show has been a Memorial Day weekend fixture at Ashawagh Hall for 34 years. This year’s will open with a reception tomorrow from 5 to 8 p.m. and continue on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Monday from 11 to 2.

The show will include paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, and photographs by more than 100 artists. Admission to the opening reception is $5, which includes wine and hors d’oeuvres. All proceeds will benefit Ashawagh Hall.

Sublime and Feminine

“The Sublime Feminine,” an exhibition of photographs by Maryam Eisler, will open at Harper’s Books in East Hampton with a reception on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. and remain on view through June 20.

Ms. Eisler has long been fascinated with the concept of the “sublime feminine,” which has found expression in such iconic portrayals as Aphrodite, the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Jezebel. She has pursued that interest in New Mexico, Provence, and the Catskills by photographing the female form against the grandeur of nature.

A book signing for Ms.Eisler’s “Voices East London” will be held Sunday from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Innovators at Firestone

The Eric Firestone Gallery in East Hampton will present “Different Shapes,” an exhibition of painting and sculpture from the 1960s and 1970s, from Saturday through July 24. A reception will be held on Saturday from 6 to 8.

The show focuses on 14 artists who reacted to hierarchal ideas about modernism and art with such strategies as disrupting the frame, shaping canvases, and in general blurring the boundaries among mediums. The contributors include Martha Edelheit, Sam Gilliam, Sidney Geist, Joe Overstreet, Philip Pavia, Miriam Schapiro, and Sylvia Stone.

Velocity at Nightingale

“Velocity Games,” a show of work by Margaret Garrett and Steven Kinder, will open at the Sara Nightingale Gallery in Sag Harbor with a reception on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. and continue through June 26.

An artist and dancer who left home at 16 to join the Pennsylvania Ballet, Ms. Garrett finds in the movement of line and color something spiritually akin to dance. For more than four decades, Mr. Kinder’s drawings, paintings, and large-scale installations have been fueled by his interest in energy and natural forces.

Magical Realism at Lehr

Janet Lehr Fine Arts in East Hampton will open “Magical Realism,” an exhibition of work by Shimon Okshteyn, with a reception on Saturday from 8 to 10 p.m. The show will run through June 13.

Mr. Okshteyn works in a variety of formats, including drawing, sculpture, installations, and mixed media. His work combines meticulous craftsmanship, social commentary, and a sense of humor.

Into the Past at Roman 

“Pastime/Time Passed,” a show of work by Lizzie Gill and Ciara Rafferty, will be on view at Roman Fine Art in East Hampton from Saturday through July 1. A reception will take place on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.

Ms. Gill’s works combine oil and mixed media to create images of stylized people and activities, often lifted from magazines of the past. Ms. Rafferty is drawn to pristine but unpeopled hotels and motels from 1950s and 1960s Palm Springs that now seem like sad relics of lost optimism.

In the Berkshires

Three East End sculptors have been chosen for “Beautiful Strangers: Artists Discover the Garden,” a group show organized by James Salomon at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, Mass. The exhibition will open Saturday and run through Oct. 8.

Alice Aycock’s large-scale aluminum sculpture is from her “Twister” series, which evolved from her “Park Avenue Paper Chase” project of 2014. “Found Lines,” Toni Ross’s project, uses gold leaf to accentuate the graphic quality and texture of trees. Ned Smyth’s “Male Torso” is a 14-foot sculpture derived from a four-inch piece of glacial till.

The show will also include work by Wendell Castle, E.V. Day, Fitzhugh Karol, Mark Mennin, Michele Oka Doner, Stephen Talasnik, and Rob Wynne.

Whale of a Show

“Anchor: A Whale of a Show,” a Memorial Day weekend tradition, will open tomorrow at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum and continue through June 17. A reception will take place tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m.

Organized by Dan Rizzie and Susan Lazarus-Reiman, the exhibition will include works by Arlene Alda, Star Black, Michael A. Butler, Paul Davis, Dave-0, Pat Field, Eric Fischl, Mel Kendrick, Ms. Lazarus-Reiman, Christine Moro, Lindsay Morris, Jodi Panas, Joe Pintauro, Mr. Rizzie, Donald Sultan, Linda Sylvester, John Torreano, and Bob Weinstein.

Painters Past and Present

“Long Island Painters: A Survey — 1880s to the Present” will open today at MM Fine Art in Southampton and continue through June 10. The show ranges from work by the East End pioneers William Merritt Chase and Thomas Moran through such mid-20th-century artists as Willem de Kooning and Grace Hartigan to contemporaries, among them Dan Rizzie and John Torreano.

A panel discussion on “The Tyranny of Eclecticism” will take place on June 9 at 2 p.m.

Four at Kramoris

“Ready, Set, Go” at the Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor will showcase paintings by Christopher Engel, Adriana Barone, and Joyce Brian, and wooden constructions by George Wazenegger, from today through June 14. A reception will be held on Saturday from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Whimsy at CMEE

The Elaine Benson Gallery at the Children’s Museum of the East End in Bridgehampton is presenting “Whimsy,” a group exhibition, through July 3. The first of four shows to be organized this summer by Kimberly Goff, it includes works by Scott Bluedorn, Darlene Charneco, Ms. Goff, Patricia Hadley, Ruby Jackson, Eleanora Kupencow, and Mike Stanko.

Boo-Hooray Is Back

Boo-Hooray Summer Rental, the seasonal Montauk outpost of the SoHo exhibition space and archive, will show “I Know What You Did Last Summer” from Saturday through June 8, with a reception set for Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.

A look back at last summer’s season, the show will include work by Jane Dickson, Jody Uttal, Jonas Mekas, Baron von Fancy, and Pat McCarthy.

Beach Photos

“Foot on the Sand,” an exhibition of photographs by Francis Cristine Cardoso, a Brazilian artist, will open at the Surf Lodge Gallery in Montauk with a reception on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. and remain on view through June 8. The show will feature images captured on beaches in Brazil, Mexico, Italy, Portugal, and Montauk.

New Gallery in Sag

The Center for Jewish Life in Sag Harbor has opened the Ezra Gallery, a new exhibition space at 36 West Water Street. The inaugural show of work by Joseph Eschenberg, Hendel Futerfas, Susan Schrott, and Haim Mizrahi will open with a reception on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. and continue through June 30. 

Artists Associations

The Montauk Artists Association will hold its 10th annual Memorial Day weekend show on the downtown Montauk green starting tomorrow from noon until 6 p.m. and continuing on Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 6. Artists from Long Island and across the country will be on hand with their paintings, sculpture, jewelry, photographs, glass, ceramics, woodwork, and mixed-media creations.

Not to be outdone, the Southampton Artists Association is showing paintings, sculpture, drawings, and photographs at the Southampton Cultural Center through June 2. Receptions will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday and on June 2. The gallery will be open Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 6, Sundays through Thursdays from noon to 4.