The Art Scene: 07.09.15

Dan Rizzie Prints

“Dan Rizzie: Editions/Variations,” the first exhibition to concentrate on the innovative prints the Sag Harbor artist has created over the past 25 years, will open today at the Drawing Room in East Hampton and remain on view through Aug. 3. Working with master printers at renowned etching and lithography workshops, Mr. Rizzie has taken an inventive approach to process, turning each intaglio, woodcut, or lithography project into an architectural experience by building each image from layers of plates and adding hand coloring and collage.

Seashore at Firestone

The Eric Firestone Gallery in East Hampton will open “She Sells Seashells by the Seashore,” a group exhibition that will bring the beach to the gallery, with a reception Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. The show will remain on view through Aug. 2.

According to the gallery, each artist in the show emphasizes symbols of summer, whether it be Eric Yahnker’s “Selfie Preservation,” in which an outstretched hand emerges from waves, clutching an iPhone, or James Ulmer’s beach scenes with cartoon-like characters on flattened planes. The exhibition also includes work by Peter Dayton, Kenny Scharf, Jen Stark, and Agathe Snow, among others.

New at Tripoli Southampton

“Lacquered Papers,” an exhibition of new works by Bosco Sodi, will open today at the Tripoli Gallery in Southampton and run through Aug. 2. A reception will happen Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m.

The cracks and fissures on Mr. Sodi’s large paintings result from his application to the surface of pigment, sawdust, wood pulp, natural fibers, and glue, materials that dry and change as they react with their surroundings. “In my work, the process is transformative and full of accidental effects, and I try to find in it the beauty of imperfection,” the artist has said.

Abstraction at White Room

A group exhibition featuring the work of Barbara Bilotta and Mark Zimmerman, and including 16 other artists, is on view at the White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton through July 27. A reception with live music will take place Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.

Ms. Bilotta considers herself an Abstract Expressionist, but her paintings suggest natural forms, especially landscapes, in which the swirling colors appear to be animated by the energy of wind and water. Also an abstract painter, Mr. Zimmerman works in a variety of styles, with elements of Pop, color field painting, Abstract Expressionism, and Op art present in his paintings.

“Shark!” at Whaling Museum

The Sag Harbor Whaling Museum is presenting “Shark! The Misunderstood Fish,” an exhibition organized by Peter Drakoulias and Stephen T. Lobosco, through July 29. An opening reception will take place tomorrow at 6 p.m. and will be followed at approximately 8 by an outdoor screening of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws.” A contribution of $20 has been suggested for the reception.

The show will feature the work of Richard Ellis, an artist and marine biologist, and pieces by April Gornik, Dan Rizzie, Donald Sultan, Dalton Portella, Joe Alves, Savio Mizzi, David Pintauro, Annie Sessler, Anthony Ackril, James Katsipis, and jewelry by FIN. The exhibition will examine the history and biology of sharks through art, fossils, film, and life-size replicas.

On Saturday at 6 p.m., the museum will host a family picnic with balloon twisting, juggling, painting, storytelling, arts and crafts, and shark education kits. “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” will be shown on the lawn at 8.

Mr. Ellis will give a talk and multimedia presentation on Sunday morning at 10 that will include fishing and conservation expeditions with Peter Benchley, Frank Mundus, Rodney Fox, and others. He will also sign books and prints of his artwork that will be available for sale.

Lichtenstein Lectures

The Lichtenstein Lecture Series, a program of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in Springs, will present a diverse slate of free art-related talks on Sunday afternoons at 5, with Jane Weissman, a community muralist, speaking this weekend on “Protest and Celebration: Community Murals in New York City.”

With one exception, the talks will be held across the street from the Pollock-Krasner House at the Fireplace Project, 851 Springs-Fireplace Road. That exception is the annual John H. Marburger III Memorial Lecture, which will be held at Guild Hall on July 26. This year’s Marburger lecture will feature Lisa Immordino Vreeland, who will host a preview screening of her new film, “Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict,” and a discussion afterward. Tickets for this program are $10, $8 for members of Guild Hall and the Pollock-Krasner House.

Future speakers and subjects are Cathy Curtis, author of “Restless Ambition: Grace Hartigan — Painter”; Gail Levin, who will discuss “Jews and Abstract Expressionism”; Joan Marter, “Women and Action”; Ellen Landau, “Biographies and Bodies: Self and Other in Portraits by Elaine and Bill de Kooning,” and Jeffrey Grove, “Jackson Pollock’s ‘Portrait and a Dream.’ ”

Photography in Montauk

The Art Gallery at the Atlantic Terrace Motel in Montauk will open “East 2.0,” its second annual East End photography exhibition, with a reception Saturday from 6 to 11 p.m. The show will highlight “Montauk’s beauty through New York’s best photographers’ eyes,” according to James Katsipis, a Montauk photographer and organizer of the show.

Pop-Up Show and Auction

Also in Montauk, an art gallery will pop up Saturday at the Montauk Playhouse, where it will be open daily from 4 to 7 p.m. through July 30. The exhibition will showcase work by dozens of local artists that will also be available for online bidding beginning Saturday by means of a link at montaukplayhouse.org. Bidding will end on Aug. 1 at 10 p.m. at the conclusion of a live auction. Proceeds from the sales will benefit the Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation.

Warhol Surfboards

If you are a surfer who admires the work of Andy Warhol, “Warhol Hits the Hamptons” is the show for you. An exhibition of Warhol-inspired surfboards by Tim Bessell, an artist from California, will open Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Chase Edwards Fine Art in Bridgehampton and run through July 21.

The surfboards, which will include such iconic Warhol subjects as Marilyn Monroe, Mao Zedong, and Elvis Presley — but none of Warhol catching a wave — are being released in collaboration with the Andy Warhol Foundation.

New at Art Barge

In addition to its weeklong art workshops, the Art Barge on Napeague Harbor will hold weekend classes for the first time this summer. Studio Painting will run Saturday, Sunday, and July 25 and 26 from 10 a.m. to noon. The cost will be $50 a day. Art for the Family, for ages 6 to 9, will be held on the same dates, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., at a cost of $25 per person per day.

Classes focused on watercolor painting and digital drawing will take place July 18 and 19 from 10 a.m. to noon for $50 per class. Much more information about classes and other programs can be found at theartbarge.org.

Artists Speak, the series of talks held at the Art Barge, will feature Joan Semmel, who has focused her painting practice on issues of the body, from desire to aging, as well as those of identity and cultural imprinting, on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Ms. Semmel will be interviewed by Janet Goleas, an artist, writer, and independent curator. Tickets are $20, and advance reservations have been recommended.

Sculpture Inside and Out

“Sculpture for Home and Garden,” an exhibition of work by seven artists, is on view at Dodds and Eder in Sag Harbor both inside and outside in the garden through September. A garden picnic will take place July 25 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Sculpture by Robert Hooke and Norbert Kimmel is installed in the shop. Mr. Hooke focuses on humans and animals, working in stone and bronze to create recognizable but simplified forms that faintly suggest Cycladic figures.

Mr. Kimmel makes “basic shapes set in geometry” in aluminum, bronze, and steel. The garden will feature work by Robert Gurr, Dennis Leri, Michael Chiarello, David Elze, and Jerelyn Hanrahan.

A Correction

Art Southampton will open today at Nova’s Ark Project in Bridgehampton and continue through Monday. Last week’s paper listed several dates incorrectly.