The Art Scene: 08.20.15
New at Fireplace Project
Dashiell Manley, a Los Angeles artist whose exploration of various forms of time and narrative earned him a place in the 2014 Whitney Biennial, will have a solo show at the Fireplace Project in Springs from tomorrow through Sept. 14. A reception will happen Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.
At the Fireplace Project Manley will exhibit a new body of works that suspend in the middle of the gallery, float off the walls, and attach to the wall. Many of the works are multi-sided.
Barbara Groot in Sag Harbor
A solo show of work by Barbara Groot, an abstract painter who lives in East Hampton, is on view now at Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor through Sept. 3.
Sun, light, and landscape have always been important to Ms. Groot, who grew up and was educated in southern California. East Hampton’s “equally special sun and light” charge her paintings, which do not represent the actual landscape but seek instead to capture the energy of the natural world through a personal, layered use of color and bold brushwork.
Saskia Friedrich On Napeague Harbor
Parrish Road Show, the Parrish Art Museum’s off-site summer series, will present “Encounter/Love,” an installation and performance by Saskia Friedrich, from Saturday through Aug. 31, at the Art Barge on Napeague Harbor. A free reception for the installation will take place Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Ms. Friedrich, who lives in Sagaponack, works with solid-colored fabric that she cuts and arranges in abstract compositions. For Road Show, she has moved her work into the landscape, placing one fabric installation, “Encounter,” in a temporary pavilion and another, “Love,” on the surface of the harbor, where it will point toward the horizon line.
Because of space limitations, reservations for the reception are required and can be made through the museum’s website.
Streeter Portraits at Whaling Museum
“Sister Sailors & Sons of Sag Harbor,” an exhibition of paintings by Sabina Streeter, will open at the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum with a reception next Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. and remain on view through Sept. 8.
Organized by the Sag Harbor artist Dan Rizzie, the exhibition continues Ms. Streeter’s ongoing interpretation of iconic Sag Harbor characters, among them Captain Hand VI, a mariner and war hero who inspired the James Fenimore Cooper character Natty Bumppo; Minard Lafever, architect of the whaling museum; Benjamin Hunting II, its builder, also a captain; and the various women, such as Eliza Azelia Griswold and Mary Brewster, who accompanied their husbands on their voyages.
The show will include an original soundtrack by Carlos Lama and text and biographies highlighting the history of the former seaport.
Photographs and Sculpture In Water Mill
The Nicole Ripka Gallery, a pop-up gallery in Water Mill, will open a show of photographs by Bonnie Lautenberg and sculpture by Carole A. Feuerman with a reception Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. The exhibition will continue through Sept. 20.
Ms. Lautenberg has photographed female dancers in Cuba, the landscapes of Antarctica, the Pop stars Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, and Miley Cyrus, and, for high contrast, the signing of the Israeli-Palestine Peace Accord at the White House in 1993 and U.S. Senators at work.
Ms. Feuerman’s hyperrealist sculpture, both life-sized and monumental, has been exhibited internationally, most recently at the 2015 Venice Biennial. She is perhaps best known for her painted figurative sculptures of swimmers in bronze, resin, and marble.
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At Ashawagh Hall
“Convergence II,” a show of work by 11 local artists, will open tomorrow at Ashawagh Hall in Springs and remain up through Aug. 30. A reception will be held Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m.
The exhibition will include painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed-media work. Participating artists are Hector deCordova, Nadine Daskaloff, Alex Ferrone, Gordon Gagliano, Colin Goldberg, Phyllis Baker Hammond, Bryan Landsberg, Alyce Peifer, Frank Sofo, Ursula Thomas, and Amy Worth.
Horses in Motion
Equestrian paintings by Lynn Matsuoka will be on view from Sunday through Aug. 30 at Snake Hollow Studio, Bridgehampton, located across the road from the Hampton Classic.
The artist’s new works are defined by powerful lyrical lines, often executed on handmade rice paper, that capture the movements of birds in flight and horses in motion.
Ms. Matsuoka, who has a studio in Bridgehampton, is well known for her “reportage drawing” of the worlds of Japanese Kabuki and Sumo.
Group Show at White Room
In its current group exhibition, on view through Sept. 7, the White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton is featuring the work of Beth O’Donnell and Ann Brandeis. A reception with live music will happen Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Ms. O’Donnell, who has a studio in East Hampton, has spent time as a photojournalist in Africa, from which her book, “Angels in Africa,” was drawn. She blends photography and painting by layering encaustic, oil, and ink over photographs mounted on panels.
Ms. Brandeis is a fine-art photographer who is drawn to wetlands, marshes, and other decaying landscapes. She also creates portraits and, in some cases, combines a portrait and a landscape in a photographic diptych.
Zines at Ille Arts
The first Ille Arts zine show on the East End will take place at the Amagansett gallery Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gallery’s call for submissions received an overwhelming number of entries, according to Sara De Luca, director of the gallery.
All zines are self-published, and most are handmade artists’ books in limited editions. No work is priced above $30, and all proceeds will be given to the participating artists.