Bernie Taupin at the Borghi Gallery

The Mark Borghi Gallery is planning a weekend of art events around the showing of selected works by Bernie Taupin, famously known for his long songwriting collaboration with Elton John.

But the English musician is also a visual artist and will be showing his works beginning next Thursday at the Art Southampton fair on the grounds of Nova’s Ark. They will also be on view at the Borghi Gallery in downtown Bridgehampton beginning July 12, with an opening reception on July 11 from 6 to 9 p.m. Mr. Taupin will be in attendance that night.

Mr. Borghi’s fair booth will feature “Plain Brown Wrapper,” new works in a variety of colors and formats with a long list of materials such as twine, wax, house paint, stencils, wood, and nails. The gallery show is cast as a retrospective, with 16 older works that have more historical references.

The artist became an admirer of the work of Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, and Clifford Still in the 1970s from his explorations at the Museum of Modern Art. He has been painting in a style that borrows from Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art since the early 1990s in a studio in Santa Barbara County in California.

The Art Southampton fair will be open through July 13, with a V.I.P. preview next Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. Passes can be purchased at the Art Southampton website. The gallery show will remain open through July 26.