The Art Scene: 08.24.17
Art Barge to Moor at Ashawagh
In 1960, Victor D’Amico, the founding director of the Museum of Modern Art’s education department, anchored what became the Art Barge in Napeague Harbor. While the vessel underwent renovation, Ashawagh Hall in Springs was the site of Mr. D’Amico’s art classes on the East End.
“Return to Ashawagh Hall,” an open invitational exhibition of works by Art Barge artists and faculty, will be on view from today through Wednesday with a reception to held Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. Proceeds from sales will benefit the barge’s programs and maintenance.
Maud Bryt at T Gallery
A solo exhibition of paintings by Maud Bryt in on view through Sept. 21 at the T Gallery in Southampton, where a reception will be held today from 5 to 7 p.m.
The 16 paintings in the show represent a breakthrough for the artist into an abstract language she first developed in her sculpture. According to Ms. Bryt, who lives in New York City and Sag Harbor, “They are architectural and ethereal, with thin layers of color that build into a shimmering solid presence.”
The artist will discuss her work at the gallery next Thursday from 2 to 3 p.m.
Four at Kramoris
Work by Liz Gribin, Lois Bender, Herbert August, and Lynn Matsuoka is on view at the Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor through Sept. 7.
Ms. Gribin’s paintings focus on human figures, which are emotionally loaded through their postures and positioning within the picture plane. The gardens and parks of Paris figure prominently in Ms. Bender’s work.
Mr. August’s abstract paintings are often triggered by elements of the world around him that are enlarged and transformed. Birds in flight, horses galloping, and athletes in action are captured with poetic lyricism by Lynn Matsuoka.
Harland Miller at Surf Lodge
An exhibition of work by the English artist Harland Miller will be on view at the Surf Lodge in Montauk from Saturday through Sept. 4, with a reception set for Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Mr. Miller, who was a member of the Young British Artists group in the early 1990s, will exhibit a selection of hand-finished artist’s proofs from his book covers series. His work is also on view in a solo show at the White Cube gallery in London.
Magic Realism at RJD
“Into the Wind,” a show of nine new paintings by Andrea Kowch, opens Saturday at the RJD Gallery in Bridgehampton with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. It will remain on view through Oct. 1.
Ms. Kowch’s attention to detail and her refined technique result in lifelike but otherworldly tableaux of figures in landscapes who are participants in mysterious and sometimes foreboding narratives. Paintings by Armando Valero, whom the gallery also characterizes as a “magic realist,” will be on view in a separate exhibition space.
Four at White Room
“Many a Muse,” an exhibition featuring the art of Scott Hewett, Lauren E. Loscialo, Ellyn Tucker, and John Chaney, can be seen from today through Sept. 10 at the White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton. A reception will take place Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Mr. Hewett paints textural, often common objects, such as rusted trucks and old gas pumps, with a vivid realism. An architectural background informs Ms. Loscialo’s triptychs, which are constructed from photographs of natural and manmade objects printed on canvas.
Ms. Tucker combines fragments of text, patterns, and images into abstract collages in which each element sheds its identity. Mr. Chaney took up painting while living in Los Angeles, where he studied with the realist painter Martin Lubner before moving to the Bronx.