The Art Scene 11.12.15
Tracy Harris in New York City
“Tracy Harris: Testaments,” a pop-up show of work by the East Hampton painter organized by the Gerald Peters Gallery, will be on view at 235 East 59th Street in Manhattan from today through Jan. 8.
Ms. Harris’s encaustic paintings are embedded with images that suggest DNA strands, planetary orbits, magnetic fields, and other forms that mutate and spiral, on surfaces built up with wax and pigment and scraped and incised to reveal the motion beneath the surface.
“Her repertoire of forms suggests possibilities of generation and transformation,” according to the gallery.
Loren Dunlap at Borghi N.Y.C.
Mark Borghi Fine Art will present “Loren Dunlap: The Nature of Things” at its Upper East Side location from next Thursday through Dec. 30. An opening will take place next Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Mr. Dunlap, who lives in Tribeca and Sagaponack, began his career in the 1950s as an abstract painter, but by the mid-1960s he was painting from nature. His subjects — still lifes, flowers, landscapes, people, and food — are marked by a sensual surface beauty, a feeling for textures, the balance of different pictorial spaces, and deft compositions.
A keen sense of humor and understanding of the human condition have added a dimension to his most recent work, which has been assembled for the exhibition by Lana P. Jokel, a filmmaker who lives in Bridgehampton.
Two at Nightingale
The Sara Nightingale Gallery in Water Mill will open concurrent solo exhibitions of work by Cara Enteles and Stephanie Brody-Lederman with a reception on Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. The shows will run through Dec. 14.
“Mirrors in the Garden” reflects Ms. Enteles’s interest in organic, natural growth and the gardener’s attempt to control it. Long interested in environmental issues, she tends a large organic garden at her home in rural northeastPennsylvania, where the threat of fracking has added urgency to her work. She paints on aluminum panels or Plexiglas, whose industrial surfaces contrast with her lush imagery.
“Out Gallivanting,” organized by Karyn Mannix, includes paintings and mixed-media works by Ms. Brody-Lederman, who is inspired by simple objects or events that find expression in works combining elements of abstraction, representation, and language into intriguing, suggestive compositions. Her exhibition “Dancing With Truffaut” is on view at Guild Hall, where she will talk about her work on Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Watercolor Classes
Anne Seelbach, a Sag Harbor artist whose work explores the mysteries of nature, will teach private watercolor classes at the Victor and Mabel D’Amico house in Lazy Point, Amagansett, starting Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to noon and continuing the following weekend at the same times.
The cost is $50 per day, and participants must take their own watercolor materials. While payment can be made on the day of each class, advanced registration is strongly advised due to limited studio space. It can be accomplished by calling 267-3172.