The Art Scene: 05.28.15

Yellin at Fireplace Project

The Fireplace Project in Springs will present “selv ab twact hums,” a show of new abstract works and newer wall pieces by Dustin Yellin, from tomorrow through June 21. A reception will take place Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.

Mr. Yellin, who lives in Red Hook, Brooklyn, where he founded Pioneer Works: Center for Art and Innovation, works in painting, drawing, collage, photography, and sculpture. His sculptural-collage works, for which he is known, use paint and imagery gathered from vast media and paper archives to create three-dimensional sculptures on multiple layers of glass.

An Artist’s Intervention

Cole Sternberg, an artist from Los Angeles, has transformed a private residence in East Hampton owned by Bryan Graybill, a real estate developer, into a site-specific installation that will be open Wednesdays through Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. through June 7. The property, also known as ARTed House, is at 31 David’s Lane.

The 1960s house seems at first undisturbed, but the artist has made subtle alterations, such as filling the refrigerator with sculptures of beer bottles, eggs, and butter; placing a sculpture of a pair of shoes in a closet, and modifying seemingly ordinary books about the sea and Long Island with text and drawings. Outside, even a clothesline hung with sheets blowing in the wind is not what it at first seems to be. The installation engages visitors as active explorers of the domestic environment, rather than as passive viewers.

Leiber Collection Is Open

Exhibitions of Judith Leiber’s unique handbags and Gerson Leiber’s recent paintings are on view through Labor Day at the Leiber Collection, located on the couple’s property on Old Stone Highway in Springs.

Ms. Leiber, the first female apprentice and master in the Hungarian handbag guild, met her husband, an American G.I., when Budapest was liberated. After coming to the United States she worked for several handbag companies until forming her own in 1963.

Her handbags are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and many others. They are also on display in presidential libraries, and have been carried by first ladies to presidential inaugurations since 1953.

Mr. Leiber, whose work is currently on display in a solo show at the Leonard Tourne Gallery in Manhattan, began his art studies after World War II at the Art Students League. Inspired by nature — he designed the seven acres of gardens on his property — Mr. Leiber’s work has been influenced by both Cubism and Abstract Expressionism, and is in the collections of important museums nationwide.

The collection and gardens are open free of charge from 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

Stone-Faced

“Sculpted Images,” an exhibition of photographs of ornate stonework from buildings in New York, Europe, and burial grounds in the Hamptons, is on view now through June 24 at the Eastville Community Historical Society’s Heritage House on Hampton Street. A reception will take place on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m.

The show will include photographs of overlooked faces on iconic buildings taken by Robert King, an architect from Harlem. Work by David Cosgrove, a Sag Harbor resident who carves faces from historic gravestones out of Honduran mahogany, will also be on view.

“Stonefaced,” a short documentary by Vivian Ducat of New York and Sag Harbor that records Mr. King’s photographic journey, will be screened at the Heritage House on June 13 at 11 a.m. A panel including Mr. King, Mr. Cosgrove, Ms. Ducat, and Bill Chaleff, an East End architect, will follow, and refreshments will be served.

Photographers at Ashawagh

Ashawagh Hall in Springs will be home to the East End Photographers Group from Saturday through June 7. The exhibition, organized by Marilyn Stevenson, will include traditional and digital work and alternative photographic processes by more than 30 artists.

An opening reception, with music by Out East and catering by Pam Greinke, will happen Saturday from 5 to 9 p.m. Other musical programs will feature Gene Hamilton and Friends on Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m., Job Potter and Friends on Friday, June 5, from 7 to 9, and Vulcan Destructo on June 6 from 7 to 10.

A closing reception will take place June 7 from 3 to 5 p.m. The gallery will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. on weekdays and noon to 5 p.m. on weekends.

Contemporary Prints

“Surface of Revolution,” an exhibition of works on paper by contemporary artists pushing the boundaries of drawing and printmaking, is on view through June 14 at the Southampton Arts Center. A reception is set for Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.

Organized by Marie Tennyson, assistant director of the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University, the show will explore the future direction of works on paper with works by more than 40 artists, among them Lee Friedlander, Jasper Johns, William Kentridge, Kiki Smith, and Kara Walker.

The center is open Fridays from noon to 6 p.m., Saturdays from noon to 7, and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In the White Room

A new show at the White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton, on view through June 15, will feature work by two East End artists, Nadine Daskaloff and Kat O’Neill, along with work by 18 other artists. A reception will be held Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.

Ms. Daskaloff, who was born in Marseille, France, will exhibit portraits that combine “elegance and whimsy, sultriness and vitality,” according to Esperanza Leon, an independent curator and gallery owner. Many of her portraits focus on women, their hairstyles, clothing, and accessories.

Ms. O’Neill, who is a photographer, playwright, and fiction writer, will show work from the “Recorded While Still Alive” portfolio that accompanied “Uncle Jack’s,” a series of stories published in The Star. The portfolio pairs old album covers or sleeves with photographs and stories.

Visions of Beauty

“Skin Deep,” a group exhibition that will showcase individual visions of beauty, will open at RJD Gallery in Sag Harbor with a reception Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. and remain on view through June 21.

The show will include work by Pam Hawkes, Odile Richer, Sherry Wolf, Adrienne Stein, and the gallery newcomers Tracy Harris and Johnny Caruso. All six artists focus on the human figure, but their approaches range from sharp-focus realism with a Pop edge to the use of muted colors and gold leaf to create the feel of Renaissance portraits.

Free Admission for Military

The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill is offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day as part of the Blue Star Museums program, an alliance between the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense. More than 2,000 museums across the country participate in the program.