The Art Scene 11.27.14
Two at Halsey Mckay
Halsey Mckay Gallery in East Hampton is presenting concurrent solo exhibitions of work by Arielle Falk and Ted Gahl through Dec. 14.
Ms. Falk, a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist, is represented by “Wrecked,” an installation based on her 60-day tenancy in a rooftop cabana in Bushwick last summer. Isolated and exposed to the weather, she became a castaway on her own “roof island.” The exhibition consists of what she calls “tattered flags” or “remnants of sails from a shipwreck.”
Mr. Gahl, whose exhibition is titled “Norfolk Road,” is primarily interested in painting itself, both its history and its possibilities. His eclectic body of work ranges from abstract to figurative and includes everything in between. He lives and works in Connecticut.
Tripoli Has Attitude
Tripoli Gallery in Southampton will present its 10th annual Thanksgiving Collective from Saturday through Jan. 8. An opening reception will be held Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m.
Titled “Attitudes,” the exhibition will include work by 14 artists who are linked not by style or medium but by the attitude behind their work, specifically the desire to push contemporary art in new directions.
Participating artists are Michael Avedon, Isaac Brest, Eric Freeman, Mary Heilmann, Judith Hudson, Yung Jake, Dylan Lynch, Ryan McGinley, Richard Prince, Julian Schnabel, Nathalie Shepherd, Keith Sonnier, Ira Svobodova, and Darius Yektai.
“Home Spun” at Marder
“Home Spun,” a group exhibition of work by artists who use traditional craft-based materials to communicate contemporary ideas, will he held at Silas Marder Gallery in Bridgehampton from Saturday through Dec. 21. A reception for the artists will take place Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m., with live music by the Peter Watrous Trio from 5 to 7.
Aaron McIntosh, Susie Brandt, and Elizabeth Duffy use traditional quilting methods. Saskia Friedrich pins or drapes strips of fabric into geometric compositions. Field Kallop’s canvases are stitched, dyed, and bleached before being stretched.
Louise Eastman’s large weavings are inspired by the potholder, while Josh Blackwell embroiders wool, silk, and paper onto cast-off bags. Sheila Pepe will create a three-dimensional drawing using colored yarn. Sydney Albertini will exhibit dyed and stitched quilts.
John Messinger in Chelsea
“We Dream Alone,” a solo exhibition of work by John Messinger, is on view at UNIX Gallery in Chelsea through Jan. 8. Mr. Messinger, who lives in East Hampton and Brooklyn, uses individual 3.25-by-4.25-inch Polaroid prints to create large-scale, three-dimensional art works. These photographic “tapestries” transform hundreds of varying images into a single experience.
Mr. Messinger takes his images from large computer monitors using a Polaroid Land camera and Fuji instant film. He arranges and rearranges the images until he is satisfied with the result, then tapes them together to create a grid that fuses the real and the abstract.
Retreat Juried Show
The Retreat’s sixth annual juried art show will open at Richard J. Demato Fine Arts in Sag Harbor with a reception Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. It will remain open through Dec. 22.
Christina Strassfield, Guild Hall’s chief curator, and Janet Goleas, an independent curator, critic, and artist, selected 25 artists for the exhibition from more than 180 submissions. The three artists named best-in-show at the opening reception will have an exhibition at the gallery in 2015.
The Retreat, which provides domestic violence services and education to families and communities, received 100 percent of the entry fees. Sales will be split 50-50 between the artists and the Retreat.
Holiday ArtWalk
The third annual Thanksgiving “ArtWalk in the Hamptons” will take place Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. Organized by Kathy Zeiger, the event is a self-guided tour of 25 galleries, from Montauk to Southampton. Details about participating galleries and maps are available at artwalkhamptons.com.
Rudy Burckhardt in New York
The Tibor de Nagy Gallery in Manhattan will present a survey of photographs, paintings, and films by Rudy Burckhardt from Saturday through Jan. 10.
Burckhardt was an influential presence on the New York cultural scene, numbering among his friends Willem de Kooning, Alex Katz, Red Grooms, Larry Rivers, Jane Freilicher, Fairfield Porter, and Frank O’Hara. He was a frequent visitor to Southampton.
He is known for his photographs of the city as well as for photographs of artists, made for ArtNews magazine during the 1950s and early ’60s. His paintings, like his films and photographs, depicted cityscapes, the Maine landscape, and details of everyday life.
The exhibition is the first at Tibor de Nagy to pair Burckhardt’s paintings and photographs.
Awkward Family Photos
It’s the rare art show whose title says it all. “Awkward Family Photos,” which will open tomorrow at the Southampton Arts Center and remain on view through Jan. 4, is just such an exhibition.
In 2009, Mike Bender and Doug Chernack, two Los Angeles screenwriters, founded awkwardfamilyphotos. com, a website where people can post their own photographs of odd or clumsy family moments.
Mr. Bender and Mr. Chernack have selected the photographs and designed the exhibition, which will include a “selfie spot,” packed with costumes and props, where visitors may take their own awkward snapshots.
The center will hold a reception to celebrate the holiday season and the exhibition on Dec. 13 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wine, cider, and cookies will be served at the free event.