The Art Scene 10:01:15
New at Tripoli East Hampton
“Lingua Franca,” an exhibition of new paintings by Melanie Moczarski, will open at the Tripoli Gallery in East Hampton on Saturday, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., and continue through Nov. 16.
Working with acrylic-on-polyester film, Ms. Moczarski uses a consistent palette to create compositions whose organic and curvilinear lines and overlapping forms seem to breathe and move. “I see each painting as an X-ray or trace of sorts, of the forces at play, from the subtle to the gross,” said the artist, who lives and works in Brooklyn.
Movie Posters at Arts Center
“Lights, Camera, Action! 50 Years of Film in Posters” is on view through Nov. 22 at the Southampton Arts Center. The exhibition consists of more than 75 film favorites from the 1950s through the 1990s, Hollywood’s Golden Age.
Philip Cheng to Sign Books
Philip Cheng, a Bridgehampton photographer whose book “Still: The East End Photographs” has just been published by Jovis, will sign copies at Barnes & Noble at 82nd Street and Broadway tomorrow at 7 p.m. and at BookHampton in East Hampton on Sunday afternoon at 4.
Forty five at Ashawagh
“Contact,” an exhibition of the work of 45 artists organized by Ellen Dooley, will be on view at Ashawagh Hall in Springs Saturday and Sunday from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. A reception will take place Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.
The artists were asked to present their versions of “contact,” which the invitation defined, in part, as “a coming together or touching . . . visual observa•tion . . . a person who might be of use, a connection . . . a connection between two conductors that permits a flow of current or heat . . . a contact print . . . to communicate with.” Works will include painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media.
“Material Matters” at S.C.C.
“Material Matters,” a group exhibition, will open Tuesday at the Southampton Cultural Center and continue through Nov. 17. A reception will be held on Oct. 10 from 4 to 6 p.m.
The show, which has been organized by Arlene Bujese, the center’s curator-in-residence, will include hanging wire sculpture, abstract assemblage, metal construction, translucent abstract forms suspended from the ceiling, collage, clay related to both figuration and abstract forms, handmade art books, narrative embroidery, and drawing.
The participating artists are Monica Banks, Patricia Feiwel, David Geiser, Alice Hope, Carol Hunt, Setha Low, Christa Maiwald, Barry McCallion, Jeff Muhs, Gregory Thorpe, Pamela Topham, and Sarah Jaffe Turnbull.
On view at the center through Satur•day is the 2015 annual Juried Art Exhibition, judged this year by Christina Mossaides Strassfield, curator at Guild Hall. First prize was awarded to John Capello of Sag Harbor for his stone sculpture. Ruth Nasca of East Hampton won second prize for her “Movie Poster Painting.”
Four at Monika Olko
A group exhibition of work by Brett Loving, Malu Tan, Tara Bach, and Dean Johnson is on view at the Monika Olko Gallery in Sag Harbor through Oct. 31. A reception will be held Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Mr. Loving uses machinery and custom-designed brushes and tools to push and pull color in the creation of vibrant abstract paintings. Ms. Tan’s paintings take their inspiration from nature but range from impressionistically figurative to abstractions reminiscent of Mark Rothko.
Ms. Bach has worked representationally in painting, sculpture, and works on paper, but has recently been captivated by abstraction, producing canvases alive with swirling color. Mr. Johnson, who has cited Frank Stella as an inspiration, fashions mixed-media pieces from plexi-resin panels, pigmented ink, encaustic wax, film, oil paint, and lights.
Groudas Sculpture in Sag
An exhibition of sculpture by Nick and Nancy Groudas is now on view at the AMG Gallery for the Arts in Sag Harbor and will continue through Oct. 12. The couple has been making sculpture, furniture, and assemblages since marrying in 1997.
Their work is created using salvaged steel collected throughout New York State from old car parts, vintage farm machinery, and old bicycles, and combined with antique lumber, barn wood, tools, and other found objects. The couple refers to their work as “industrial evolution,” as it reclaims and repurposes discarded and often obsolete materials.
“Summer Works” at Grenning
The Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor will present “Summer Works,” a group exhibition, from Saturday through Nov. 15. A reception will be held Saturday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The show’s title refers to the gallery’s traditional fall show of plein air landscapes painted by its artists during the summer, but this year many of the painters found inspiration in their studios.
Participating artists are Marc Dalessio, Ben Fenske, Edwina Lucas, Maryann Lucas, John Morfis, Ramiro, Nelson White, and Christian White. The show will also include smaller works from the estate of James Britton, who worked in Sag Harbor during the 1920s.
Drone Photography Workshop
Dell Cullum, a wildlife expert and contributing photographer to The Star, will conduct a drone photography work-shop at LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton on Oct. 17 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Moving through the LongHouse grounds, Mr. Cullum will demonstrate how to capture sweeping vistas and zoom in for bird’s-eye views from breathtaking heights, and everyone “will have an opportunity to experience flying.” The cost is $40, $30 for members. No equipment is required.