The Art Scene 10.08.15

Two at Halsey Mckay

Halsey Mckay Gallery in in East Hampton is presenting concurrent solo exhibitions of work by Takeshi Murata and Ian Cooper through Nov. 15.

Mr. Murata’s works were drawn with a pen and tablet in Photoshop, then silkscreened with multiple passes. The drawings represent the environment around the artist’s upstate studio, early 19th-century industrial architecture, 20th-century hand-built houses, and iPhone and laptop screens. The amalgamation of technology and nature is the subject of his work.

“Off/Off” includes five mixed-media sculptures by Mr. Cooper that engage themes of self-reflexivity, mirroring, retraction, and disembodiment by means of material translation and implied use potential. Among the materials he uses are wall-hung, waxed canvas panels, medium-density fiberboard and plywood, quilted fabric elements, and a penetrated matador’s cape.

Artists Studio Tour

Sixteen artists from East Hampton to East Quogue will open their studios Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the Artists Alliance of East Hampton’s 28th annual studio tour. Artists, locations, and all other necessary information can be found at aaeh.org.

Plein Air Painters at Ashawagh

Plein Air Peconic will celebrate its 10th anniversary with an exhibition at Ashawagh Hall in Springs Saturday through Monday. A reception will take place on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m., and there will be an opportunity to meet the artists over coffee on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The group will show artworks that feature the beaches, farms, and wetlands of the East End, many of which have been preserved with the help of the Peconic Land Trust, whose mission the artists support. A portion of all sales from the exhibition will be donated to the trust.

Participating artists include the painters Casey Chalem Anderson, Susan D’Alessio, Terry Elkins, Michelle Margit, Gordon Matheson, Joanne Rosko, Eileen Dawn Skretch, and the photographers Tom Steele, Kathryn Szoka, and Ellen Watson.

“Growing Farmers,” a 16-minute documentary about the new wave of East End farmers, will be shown each morning at 11:30.

Rowenna Chaskey at Estia

“As Within, So Without,” an exhibition of photographs by Rowenna Chaskey, will open at Estia’s Little Kitchen in Sag Harbor with a reception next Thursday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and remain on view through April.

Ms. Chaskey, who received a B.F.A. in art, design, and media from Richmond, the American International University in London, worked with a medium-format Bronica camera to create images that explore the “double” and reflect on the invisible layers of consciousness. According to the artist, “the photographs are built upon the foundation of the internal world being reflected in the external . . . the external is merely a mirror of the internal.”

“Women Painting Women”

The Richard Demato Gallery in Sag Harbor will present its third “Women Painting Women” show, titled “The Tales We Tell Together,” from Saturday through Nov. 12. An opening reception will be held Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m.

The exhibition will include representations of women by 30 female artists, many of whom will attend the opening. Among those participating are Nancy Boren, Rebekah Bynum, Mary Chiaramonte, Candice Chovanec, Yana Movchan, Sylvia Nitti, Isabel Olivares, Rebecca Tait, and Pamela Wilson.

Foss Book Signing

Cornelia Foss, whose solo exhibition will open at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Oct. 24, will sign copies of “Cornelia Foss: A Retrospective,” a monograph just published by Skira/Rizzoli Books, on Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Gerald Peters Gallery in Manhattan.

Reading at Kramoris

Cassandra Langer, an art historian and critic, will read from her new biography, “Romaine Brooks: A Life,” on Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor.

Brooks, a painter, graphic artist, interior designer, and writer, was born in Rome in 1874 and lived over the years in New York City, Capri, London, Paris, Florence, and Nice. Ms. Langer has discovered previously unavailable source material that sheds new light on Brooks’s life and work.

Architectural Photos in Sag

“Beauty Is in the Details,” a show of photographs by Gary Beeber, is on view through Nov. 1 at Dodds & Eder Home in Sag Harbor. A reception will be held on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.

The exhibition features architectural photographs by Mr. Beeber, a painter turned photographer and documentary filmmaker. In his photographs, he concentrates on details that may not be readily seen from a distance, among them design details, woodwork, signage, and colors. The show includes images taken in Marrakesh, Rome, Florence, Puerto Rico, and throughout the United States.