Darius Yektai at Duck Creek
“Darklight,” an exhibition of six large-scale self-portraits by Darius Yektai, will open Saturday at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in Springs and remain on view through Sept. 27. The self-portrait has played an important role in Mr. Yektai’s work for 20 years, usually on a small scale. The size of the dimly lit works in the exhibition, which the artist has called “large dark totems,” brings the viewer into their space and emotional intensity.
“Not What I Imagined,” a sound installation by Anthony Madonna, an interdisciplinary artist, and Hannah Fredsgaard-Jones, a composer, will take place at Duck Creek on Friday, Sept. 11, from 7 to 10 p.m.
“Ice Boats,” an outdoor show of six steel sculptures by Arden Scott, will remain on view through Oct. 31. Ms. Scott is a lifelong sailor, and much of her work suggests the form of sailboats and their fluidity at sea.
Place Two Place
The Drawing Roon's exhibition "Painting Place" continues in a second edition beginning Friday through Oct. 26 at the gallery in East Hampton with works by Lois Dodd, Sheridan Lord, and Jane Wilson.
Sometimes bordering on abstraction, the predominantly realistic landscape paintings come from a commitment to observation during a time when Abstract Expressionism ruled the art world. The works in both parts come from a single collection, acquired with a vision for the importance of place in 20th century painting.
Initially thought of as a single show to be displayed salon-style, it was divided to give the art more room to breathe in the gallery's intimate rooms. The previous artists on view were Nell Blaine, Jane Freilicher, Fairfield Porter, and Albert York.
Brazilian Artists at Pace
“Sonia Gomes/Marina Perez Simão,” an exhibition of recent works by two Brazilian artists, will open today at the Pace Gallery in East Hampton and continue through Sept. 27.
Ms. Gomes’s abstract sculptures combine secondhand textiles with everyday materials such as furniture, driftwood, and wire. The paintings of Ms. Simão present fluid forms that suggest the transformational qualities of open vistas without depicting any specific place. In addition to five sculptures by Ms. Gomes and nine paintings by Ms. Simão, the show includes the artists’ first collaborative piece.
Pleasure and Play in Montauk
South Etna Gallery in Montauk is presenting “Mass Ornament: Pleasure, Play, and What Lies Beneath,” an exhibition of work by 19 artists and designers organized by Alison M. Gingeras, from today through October.
The show seeks to blur the lines between fine and applied arts, decoration and functionality, and sculpture and furniture. The objects on view, whether paintings or vessels, sculptures or chairs, all take pleasure and play as their subject, even as, in many cases, they camouflage more subversive intentions.
S.I.S. Members Show
The annual members show of the Springs Improvement Society will be on view at Ashawagh Hall in Springs from tomorrow through Wednesday. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. except on Saturday, when the exhibition will open at 9 a.m. along with the Springs Farmers Market.
In addition to the artworks, merchandise displaying the S.I.S. logo and several of the society’s more popular posters will be for sale. Covid-related protocols will be in effect.
Indigenous Long Island
“Indigenous History and Art at Good Little Water Place,” a virtual exhibition centered on artwork from nine contemporary indigenous artists, will launch today on the website of Preservation Long Island. Jeremy Dennis, an artist and member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, and Gwendolyn Saul, the New York State Museum’s curator of ethnography, are the show’s guest curators.
The exhibition focuses on the history and ongoing relationships between indigenous people and the land, which persist despite nearly 400 years of attempts to erase and subdue them. The show also includes objects from the collections of the New York State Museum, the Southold Indian Museum, and Preservation Long Island.
Two at Halsey McKay
Halsey McKay Gallery in East Hampton is presenting solo exhibitions of work by Sheree Hovsepian and Wilmer Wilson IV through Sept. 27. The works in “Musing” reflect Ms. Hovsepian’s inventive approach to drawing, photography, and collage with pieces that combine silver gelatin photographs and photograms with fragments of ceramic, string, textiles, and wood.
“Bedspread Iterations” consists of 14 works created by Mr. Wilson by cutting into a series of 35mm negatives of his bedspread in disarray. The wrinkled fabric is transformed through darkroom techniques, resulting in hazy, fragmented images that exist between photography and collage, documentary and abstraction.
Enoc Perez at Harper’s Books
“The Fires,” a show of paintings by Enoc Perez, is on view at Harper’s Books in East Hampton through Sept. 28. While Mr. Perez is best known for his paintings of buildings, the exhibition includes two paintings of cars ablaze, one of Hugh Hefner’s private jet, the Big Bunny, and a painting of the interior of the home of S.I. and Victoria Newhouse, as well as images of the Plaza Hotel and the Mexico City museum designed by Frida Kahlo and Juan O’Gorman as a residence and studio.
Monica Banks at Guild Hall
“Cloud Garden,” a site-specific installation by Monica Banks, has been suspended in the trees over Guild Hall’s garden. The piece consists of tangles of wire, balled-up deer fencing, feathers, pop-tops, pieces of hardware, and other artifacts from the artist’s everyday life, which she unearthed while quarantined at her East Hampton home. “Cloud Garden” will remain on view through Oct. 12.
'PINUPS' at Wallace
The Wallace Gallery in East Hampton will open Chip Dayton's series of "PINUPS" this weekend. The show represents 50 years of rock 'n' roll photography. The gallery, on Park Place, will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sharing Is C.A.R.E.-ing
Warren Neidich will launch C.A.R.E. Ltd., a new pop up gallery space in Springs on the site of his studio at 4-10 Sherrill Foster Path. The space will feature the works of Saskia Friedrich and Nicole Nadeau in a show on view this weekend from Saturday through Monday from noon to 6 p.m. A new series of Ms. Friedrich's colorful abstractions will join Ms. Nadeau's sculpture in the form of mailboxes. The works can be viewed from outside or accessed directly.
Pop-Up in Amagansett
Superposition Gallery, a peripatetic art showcase that has popped up in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami, is celebrating its two-year anniversary with a group show at the Reform Club, 23 Windmill Lane in Amagansett. Organized by Storm Ascher, “Celebrate Longevity” is the gallery’s first show in the Hamptons and includes work by 15 artists. It will run through Sept. 25.
This article has been modified from its original and print version. The correct name of the pop-up gallery is Amagansett is Superposition Gallery, not Supposition Gallery.
