The Art Scene 06.09.16
Fireplace Project Reopens
The Fireplace Project in Springs will reopen for the season with “9,999,” an exhibition of small to medium-sized artworks by more than 20 artists that will be on view from tomorrow through July 5. A reception will take place Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.
All works in the show are priced below $10,000 because, according to Edsel Williams, the gallery’s director, “it feels like the right time for this. It will be a true salon-style exhibition, not a prissy minimal installation.” Among the participating artists, some of whom are new to the gallery, are Trudy Benson, Ross Bleckner, Peter Dayton, Katherine Hubbard, Hanna Liden, Sam McKinniss, Josephine Meckseper, and Dustin Yellin.
Master Drawings in N.Y.C.
Works by Lee Bontecou, Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock, and Larry Rivers are on view in the exhibition “Master Drawings” at the Jason McCoy Gallery in Manhattan through July 1.
Krasner is represented by a large abstract watercolor on handmade Howell paper, Pollock by two works from his psychoanalytic series, completed when he was undergoing psychoanalysis. Two works on paper pay homage to Rivers’s draftsmanship while also revealing his use of drawing to transcribe his daily life. By contrast, Bontecou’s two drawings seem to render imaginary, otherworldly landscapes.
Among the other artists in the exhibition are Matisse, Klee, Leon Polk Smith, and Frederick Kiesler.
“WetLand” Docks in Sag
“WetLand,” Mary Mattingly’s modified 1971 Rockwell Whitcraft houseboat that produces its own food and energy, will be docked at Long Wharf in Sag Harbor from today through June 20 as part of the Parrish Art Museum’s current exhibition, “Radical Seafaring.”
Ms. Mattingly, who is known for her sculptural environments in public places and is currently working on a floating food forest for New York City, designed “WetLand” to demonstrate such sustainability projects as solar power, rainwater collection and purification, and vegetable gardening.
The vessel will be open for visits from noon to 5 p.m. Fridays through Mondays, when either Ms. Mattingly or Andrea Grover, the museum’s curator of special projects and organizer of “Radical Seafaring,” will be onboard. Visitors can schedule appointments outside of regular hours by emailing [email protected].
Lee Krasner for Children
“Lee Krasner: An Artist’s Life,” the first children’s book about the Abstract Expressionist painter, has been published by the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in Springs.
Written by Alan Zola Kronzek, illustrated by Ruby Jackson, and edited by Helen Harrison, the study center’s director, the book consists of two parts. The first half, which tells the story of Krasner’s Brooklyn childhood and early days in Manhattan, is a coloring book featuring Ms. Jackson’s line drawings.
Part two tells the story of Krasner’s career, marriage to Jackson Pollock, and relocation to Springs, with photographs and images of her artwork.
Priced at $6.95, the book is available at the study center, the Guild Hall and Parrish Art Museum shops, and at the Robert Miller Gallery in Chelsea, where a Krasner exhibition is on view through Saturday.
Sand Paintings
At Harper’s Apartment
“Pink Sand,” an exhibition of paintings by Jennifer Guidi, is on view through July 21 at Harper’s Apartment in Manhattan, the city outpost of Harper’s Books in East Hampton. The medium and large-scale abstract paintings highlight the Los Angeles artist’s ongoing exploration of the sculptural and tactile nature of sand, paint, and acrylic polymers when applied to linen.
Harper’s Apartment is open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or by appointment. The address can be obtained by calling 324-1131.
Clay Art Studio Tour
A studio tour organized by the Clay Art Guild of the Hamptons will take place on Saturday and Sunday between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. at studios in Bridgehampton, Sag Harbor, East Hampton, and Springs, as well as at the guild’s Water Mill studio.
Participating artists are Jesus Antoshka, Thomas Walter, Ann Barzola, Mary Jaffe, Alicia Mack, Nancy Robbins, Steve Jones, Lindsay Grodski, Chris Fanjul, Eve Behar, Candice Dorsey, Beverly Granger, Aileen Florell, David Fram, and Joel Kaplan.
Several of the studios will be open for one day only. A map and schedule can be found at backroadsclaystudiotour. com.
Fort Pond Bay, Summer of 1898
“Camp Wikoff Illustrated, 1898,” an exhibition of historical and contemporary illustrations organized by Jeff Heatley, will open Saturday at the Mulford Barn Gallery in East Hampton Village and remain on view on weekends through July 1.
In the summer of 1898, almost 30,000 American soldiers, many of then Roosevelt’s Rough Riders, were taken from Cuba, the site of the Spanish-American War, to Fort Pond Bay in Montauk to recuperate at a hospital built for them. Many were ill with malaria, typhoid, dysentery, or yellow fever. Camp Wikoff occupied 28 square miles.