Lindsay Morris at Duck Creek
"Meet Your Neighbor," an exhibition of multimedia photography by Lindsay Morris, will open at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs on Saturday and continue through Oct. 31. While the project originally involved Ms. Morris photographing her Sag Harbor neighbors, the pandemic made that impossible. Instead, she decided to focus on modest houses, the type frequently torn down to be replaced by much larger dwellings.
She photographed a number of small, sometimes historic homes, extracted the images from their original sites, and placed them, digitally, into images of the increasingly rare open spaces of her community. The result is a reflection on the changing landscape of East End towns.
On Oct. 17, from 7 to 10 p.m., Ms. Morris, working with Christine Sciulli, a multimedia artist, will project a series of portraits and related recordings of her neighbors onto the buildings at Duck Creek.
Angel Otero at Harper's Books
"Broken Record," a show of seven paint-and-fabric collages on canvas and five oil stick drawings by Angel Otero, is on view at Harper's Books in East Hampton through Oct. 26. To create his elaborately textured canvases, Mr. Otero starts by painting representational imagery on glass, then scrapes off the partially dried pigment and reapplies the strips onto a fresh surface.
For the works in the exhibition, the artist mines his earlier figurative work and personal history, including his childhood in Puerto Rico, for subject matter. In the resulting surreal compositions, fish glide above domestic furnishings, plants grow from sofa cushions, and ladders stretch beyond the frame.
Flack and Zerner in Southampton
MM Fine Art in Southampton will open "Goddesses Here and Now," a show of work by Audrey Flack and Amy Zerner, with a reception on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. Known for her Photorealist paintings and monumental sculptures, Ms. Flack is represented by a new series of enhanced, hand-drawn, multimedia images of powerful but often maligned female figures ranging from Medusa to the sculptor Camille Claudel to an angel by Bernini.
Ms. Zerner's mixed-media collages depict archetypal goddesses, sacred sanctuaries, and secret gardens. Using hand-painted fabrics, altered and recycled ornamentation, luminous colors, and vintage embellishments, she creates detailed images with "many layers of magic and meaning," according to a release. The show will be on view through Oct. 18.
Jeremy Dennis and Paula Hayes
"Moments of Entanglement," an exhibition of work by Jeremy Dennis and Paula Hayes, will open Saturday at C.A.R.E. Ltd., a gallery operated by the artist Warren Neidich in an industrial complex at 6E and F Sherrill Foster Path in East Hampton.
In his work "Rise," Mr. Dennis, a member of the Shinnecock Nation, uses digital photography to correct the known history of Indigenous people as seen in Hollywood films, among them "the 'noble savage' depictions in Disney's 'Pocahontas,' " according to the artist. Ms. Hayes's recent textile practice uses hand-woven wool, cotton, and cashmere to explore the concerns of pantheism, shamanism, and vitalism. The exhibition will be open on Saturday and Sunday and Oct. 10 and 11 from noon to 6.
Artists Alliance Fall Show
The Artists Alliance of East Hampton will hold its annual members exhibition at Ashawagh Hall in Springs on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 to 4. In addition to the artworks, a poster designed by Anna Franklin to commemorate the show will be on sale.
On Artists' Rights
Carol Steinberg, an attorney and faculty member at the School of Visual Arts, will discuss artists' rights next Thursday at 5 p.m. via Zoom through the Amagansett Library. Ms. Steinberg will introduce copyright law (how to protect one's work) and fair use (when one can use the work of others) by discussing two recent lawsuits. In one, the artist stops the use of his photographs and is compensated for damages. In the other, a photographer sues Richard Prince for appropriating his work.
An email to [email protected] will secure the Zoom link.
