The Art Scene 10.27.16

“Paradise Lost” in Amagansett

“Paradise Lost,” a solo exhibition of work by the Springs artist Barry McCallion, will open at Ille Arts in Amagansett with a reception Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. and remain on view through Nov. 21.

Inspired by Milton’s epic poem, the exhibition includes an original book that alternates the text with 48 India ink-and-acrylic paintings. Mr. McCallion’s unique and imaginative imagery portrays angels and demons in a cosmic struggle between good and evil.

The show also features a limited edition of “Paradise Lost” prints in five sets, numbers 1 to 5, made with archival inks on archival paper. Each set contains 20 images enhanced with hand-painted additions and descriptive text. A group of 24 framed “Paradise Lost” painted prints will be on view as well.

Mr. McCallion, who earned a B.A. in literature at Columbia and an M.F.A. at Claremont Graduate University in California, has produced handmade books of Conrad’s “Typhoon” and “Heart of Darkness” and poems by Dylan Thomas, among many others that inventively bring together his interests in art and literature.

The gallery will also offer a three-session drawing workshop taught by Barbara Thomas starting next Thursday at 10 a.m. More information is available from [email protected]

Phyllis Hammond Installation

Five new sculptures by Phyllis Hammond, who lives and works in Springs, have been installed in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza in Manhattan, where they will remain through April 16.

Exhibited together under the title “Beyond the Edge,” the steel and aluminum pieces feature narrow, stem-like bases topped by whimsical, kinetic elements that rotate in the wind. The metal cutouts begin with looping doodles on paper, which she scans and modifies on a computer. Once refined digitally, she cuts the designs from sheets of metal with a water jet machine, then hammers, bends, and welds them into curved shapes, which are finally powder-coated in brightly colored paint.

Salomon Heads North

Like quite a few refugees from the South Fork, James Salomon is bringing a group show of many of the region’s artists up to Litchfield County in Connecticut for a show called “Lake Life.”

Salomon Contemporary, which has had locations in East Hampton and New York City, will open the show at the Garage at the Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens, a new refurbished space for exhibitions and events in Washington Depot, Conn. Washington is enjoying some notoriety as the inspiration for the hometown in television’s “Gilmore Girls.”

The gallery pop-up will present South Fork visiting artists and residents, among them Aneta Bartos, Michael Halsband, Jill Musnicki, Ashley Pridmore, and Adam Stennett. Also on view is work by Brian Block, Nicole Cohen, Adrien de Bontin, Visko Hatfield, Fitzhugh Karol, Peter Kirkiles, Richard Pasquarelli, and Lawrence Weiner.

The exhibition will open on Saturday at 10 a.m., with a reception from 4 to 7 p.m. It will be on view Sunday and then from next Thursday through Nov. 6, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Patrick McMullan in Sag

Photographs from the 1990s by Patrick McMullan, who has captured celebrities at play for more than 30 years, are on view at the Tulla Booth Gallery in Sag Harbor through Nov. 10. 

Mr. McMullan, who majored in business and “minored at Studio 54,” is widely regarded as the preeminent photographer of New York City nightlife. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, and his work has been featured in publications such as the New York Times Magazine, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Details, as well as in “Party Lines,” his weekly column in New York magazine.

Historic Courtroom Drawings

“Crime and Passion,” an exhibition of eight historic courtroom drawings and six recent paintings by Marilyn Church, who lives in New York City and Amagansett, will open Tuesday at the Carter Burden Gallery in Chelsea and continue through Nov. 23. A reception will be held next Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.

A courtroom artist who has sketched serious and sensational trials since 1974, Ms. Church also creates personal, expressionistic paintings and works on paper that depict the human figure in a style that bridges abstraction and figuration.