The Art Scene: 06.25.15

Dirk Bell at Fireplace

“Delay,” a solo exhibition of work by Dirk Bell, will open tomorrow at the Fireplace Project in Springs and remain up through July 20. A reception will take place Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. Mr. Bell, who lives and works in Berlin, superimposes new imagery on older found or modified paintings to add a new dimension to the original work. The exhibition will consist of 25 paintings and a new work in neon.

In addition to drawings and paintings, his work, which has been exhibited internationally, includes minimalist or surrealist sculptures and installations as well as video and sound pieces.

Group Show at Tripoli East

“A Walk . . . ,” a group exhibition organized by Rob Teeters, will be on view at Tripoli Gallery in East Hampton from Saturday through July 19. A reception will be held Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. The exhibition was inspired by a 1917 novella by Robert Walser in which the protagonist encounters a series of characters on a circuitous walk. Mr. Teeters, an independent curator and art adviser, selected artworks he imagined one might come across on such a ramble.

The exhibition includes works by Yuji Agematsu, Quentin Curry, Lucy Dodd, Daniel Dewar and Gregory Gicquel, Ryan Estep, Bjarne Melgaard, Bruce M. Sherman, Michael E. Smith, Keith Sonnier, and Bill Walton.

Sculpture at Silas Marder

The Silas Marder Gallery in Bridgehampton will present a solo exhibition of sculpture by Anya Gallaccio from Saturday through July 26. A reception, which will include music by the Peter Watrous Trio, will take place Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m.

Ms. Gallaccio creates site-specific installations and objects that are often made from such organic materials as flowers, fruit, salt, chocolate, sugar, dirt, and stone. The exhibition will include four 500-pound open cubes constructed from varying arrangements of limestone, sandstone, and granite, which will be placed inside the gallery and in the adjacent landscape.

Cunningham in Southampton

“Bill Cunningham: Facades,” an exhibition of photographs taken during the late 1960s and early 1970s by the legendary New York Times fashion and society photographer, will open today at the Southampton Arts Center and remain on view through July 12. Mr. Cunningham’s photographic essay “Facades” paired models in period costumes with historic New York City settings. In 1976 he donated 88 silver gelatin prints from the series to the New York Historical Society, a co-organizer of this exhibition.

Brodsky at Red Horse

Studio 11 in East Hampton’s Red Horse Plaza will open an exhibition of new work by Eugene Brodsky with a reception Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. The show will run through July 19. The works on view reflect Mr. Brodsky’s fascination with the blueprints and sketches of significant 20th-century architecture. Each piece fuses his vision with that of an architect or planner, resulting in images that suggest, but do not replicate, their origins. Mr. Brodsky, who lives in New York City and East Hampton, has described these pieces as “essentially creating a jigsaw puzzle of silk.”

Art Auction at Estia

Artwork by 45 artists is currently on view at Estia’s Little Kitchen in Sag Harbor and available for online bidding at paddle8.com. The exhibition and auction will benefit Project Most, which provides Springs and East Hampton elementary school students with a range of academic support, enrichment activities, and a positive social environment after school.

The Eileen’s Angels Art Auction will culminate with a garden party and live auction at Estia on Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. Among the artists who have contributed work are Sydney Albertini, Eric Fischl, April Gornik, Judy Hudson, Paton Miller, Dan Rizzie, Clifford Ross, and Cindy Sherman. Tickets for the party, which will feature food and beverages from local producers and restaurants, are $150.

Paintings by Joe Novak

Lawrence Fine Art in East Hampton will open “Joe Novak: Recent Work” with a reception Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. The show will be on view through July 16. Mr. Novak, who lived, painted, and exhibited his work in East Hampton during the 1980s, has focused throughout his career on color and light, creating large monochromatic color-field canvases with tonal gradations and soft edges. His work reflects the influence of Pollock, Rothko, and his mentors Peter Busa and Esteban Vicente.

New at Richard Demato

“The Revolution Hasn’t Started . . .” is a group exhibition of contemporary painters that will open Saturday at the Richard Demato Gallery in Sag Harbor with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The show will continue through July 19. Each of the artists — Drew Ernst, Adam Miller, Rick Garlands, Frank Oriti, and Kevin Muente — exhibits technical virtuosity in his rendering of people and objects, and all put that realism in service to provocative images in which unease and, in some cases, violence are expressed or implied.

Contemporary Pop

The Chase Edwards Gallery in Bridgehampton will present a solo show of work by John Stango, a contemporary Pop artist based in Philadelphia, from Saturday through July 8. A reception will be held Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. Mr. Stango draws artistic inspiration from retro advertising, pop icons, B-movies, midcentury Modernism, magazines, film noir, and vintage signs. Movie stars, action heroes, and politicians, sometimes in combinations, populate his colorful canvases.

Peabody at Marcelle

Louise Peabody, a figurative painter who lives in New York and Southampton, will have a solo exhibition at the Peter Marcelle Project in Southampton from Saturday through July 12, with an opening reception set for Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. Much of Ms. Peabody’s work can be divided between individual portraits and paintings of people at play. The beach and party pictures have an impressionistic quality, bathed in light and built up from small brushstrokes, while the portraits tend to capture the character of the subjects.

Four at Ashawagh

“Within a Frame,” an exhibition of work by Kirsten Benfield, Michele Dragonetti, Peter Tooker, and Claudia Ward, will occupy Ashawagh Hall in Springs from tomorrow through Sunday, with a reception scheduled for Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m.

East End landscapes figure prominently in Ms. Benfield’s work, though she is comfortable with abstraction, still life, and people. Ms. Dragonetti’s photographs cover a wide range of subjects, from architecture to landscape to artworks. Light and water and the effects of nature on both are central to Ms. Ward’s photographs. Mr. Tooker is a painter and photographer drawn to both urban and pastoral subjects.

New at Depot Gallery

The Depot Gallery, home of the Montauk Artists Association, will show work by Phyllis Chillingworth, Rita Zimmer, and Cathy Hunter from today through July 6. A reception will take place Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.

The association will conduct a variety of art classes at the gallery throughout the summer, starting the week of July 6 with oil and acrylic painting taught by Mary Delany, and continuing through August. More information is available on the association’s website.