Talking James Brooks
In conjunction with its current exhibition, "James Brooks: A Painting Is a Real Thing," the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill will host a panel discussion Friday evening at 6:30. The program will focus on the life Brooks shared with Charlotte Park; their practice, evolution, and their Springs studio and home, which has been named one of America's 11 most endangered historic places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Organized in collaboration with the Brooks-Park Arts and Nature Center, the conversation is to include Klaus Ottmann, adjunct curator of the Parrish's collection and guest curator of the Brooks exhibition; Helen Harrison, director of the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, and Mike Solomon, an artist, who contributed an essay to the exhibition catalog.
Tickets are $16, $12 for senior citizens, $5 for members, free for students and children.
Museum members at the patron level and above can register online for a private tour of the exhibition with Dr. Ottmann on Friday at 5:30 p.m.
Prints, Sculpture, Landscape
"Alice Hope: Monoprints and Sculpture" and "Landscape and Still Life: Jane Freilicher, Saul Steinberg, Albert York" are opening at the Drawing Room in East Hampton on Friday, and will continue through Oct. 1.
Ms. Hope's show reflects her first exploration of the possibilities of printmaking, with a suite of indigo blue monotypes featuring impressions of fishing nets, many accented with the shape of beverage-can pull-tabs. A sculpture formed from a large swath of fishing net cascades from an adjacent wall.
"Landscape and Still Life" illustrates the unique sensibilities and innovative approaches to image-making of three important 20th-century South Fork artists.
Georgica Pond Images
An exhibition of photographs of Georgica Pond by Alfred F. Ross can be seen at the Gardiner Mill Cottage Gallery in East Hampton through Sept. 10. The photographs highlight the natural diversity, beauty, and uniqueness of the pond.
“We are so grateful to Alfred Ross for donating these extraordinary photographs," said Sara Davison, executive director of the Friends of Georgica Pond. "The photos capture the many moods of the pond and showcase the diversity of life it supports. The historic Gardiner Mill Cottage is a perfect venue for Alfred’s work.”
Mr. Ross will be at the gallery on Saturday at 4 p.m. to talk about his inspiration, methods, and techniques.
Performance at Dia
Tony Cokes's installation at Dia Bridgehampton, which can be seen through next spring, will be the site of "The Tony Cokes Remixes #3," a day-long performance by Andros Zins-Browne and Ley, on Saturday from noon to 6.
While Mr. Cokes's work engages in a dialogue with the site -- a former firehouse-turned-First Baptist Church that is now the Dan Flavin Art Institute -- the performance will engage with the installation, which includes a two-channel video piece and a soundtrack that fuses soul, blues, gospel, and electronic music.
Mr. Zins-Browne works at the intersection of performance and dance, extending choreographic ideas into encounters with dancers, singers, objects, and text, according to Dia. Ley is a "multidisciplinary, multidirectional crossdresser in dissolve."
While registration is recommended, walk-ins will be welcomed. The performance is durational; visitors may come and go as they wish.
Rethinking Portraiture
On the occasion of Larry Rivers's centenary, the Larry Rivers Foundation has announced that "O'Hara Nude with Boots," his 1954 portrait of the poet Frank O'Hara, will be included in " 'Pictures Girls Make': Portraitures," an exhibition organized by Alison M. Gingeras at the Blum and Poe Gallery in Los Angeles.
Set to open on Sept. 9, the show's title refers to a remark attributed to Willem de Kooning, who is said to have dismissed portraits by his wife, Elaine, as inferior. According to the gallery, the title is not a dismissal but a rallying cry, showing how different forms of portraiture defy old aesthetic, social, and ideological norms.
Visitors to the exhibition can judge the value of Elaine de Kooning's portraiture for themselves. Works by Jane Freilicher and Fairfield Porter, East End contemporaries of de Kooning and Rivers, are also on view.
Dalton Portella Solo
"Dalton Portella: A Brief History" is opening Thursday at 484 Gallery in Montauk, and will remain on view through Sept. 13. A reception will be held on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m.
The most comprehensive show to date for Mr. Portella, who lives and works in Montauk, it includes early drawings and 1980s sketchbooks, early digital work, watercolors, oil paintings, and photography.
Celebrity Portraits
Following a career as a celebrity photographer and music video director, Russell Young released his first series of screen prints, titled "Pig Portraits," which depict celebrities through police mug shots.
Works from a subsequent series, "Rebel Rebel," are at The White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton through Sept. 10, among them images of Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and a mug shot of David Bowie.
The beauty of the show, according to the gallery, is that "all these icons are trapped in a time of endless possibility."
A reception is being held today from 5 to 7 p.m.
Animated Artworks
A 19th-century barn in East Hampton's Dune Alpin Farm neighborhood will be the site of "Of Light and the Absence Of," paintings by Grason Ratowsky, from Friday through Friday, Sept. 1. Rooted in expressionism, the paintings are animated by swirling brushstrokes, vibrant colors, and forms that oscillate between abstraction and biomorphism.
A reception will be held at the barn, 2 Shetland Court, Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. Private viewings can be arranged by contacting Alexander DiJulio, who has a gallery on the Lower East Side, at [email protected].
Lieberman's Landscapes
An exhibition of recent works by Bruce Lieberman, who lives and works in Water Mill, opens Thursday at Gallery North in Setauket, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. It will run through Oct. 1.
Using his surroundings as his subject, Mr. Lieberman works from observation to express a reverence for nature and painting. Capturing the interplay of light, shadow, and luscious colors, his landscapes also reflect the fluidity of paint and, in his words, embrace "the natural imperfections of the process and the human."
Black Life and Culture
"Evolution," an exhibition of paintings by Nichelle Rivers, a multimedia artist and educator, will open at the Eastville Community Historical Society in Sag Harbor tomorrow at 1 p.m.
In addition to her upbringing in Memphis, Tenn., her work has been inspired by artists such as Faith Ringgold, Frida Kahlo, Romare Bearden, and Jacob Lawrence. Spatial relationships and graphic patterns lend complexity to her depictions of African-American life and culture.
Three in the Garden
Three artists from the “Garden of Friends” exhibition in the sculpture garden of the Leiber Collection in Springs will be there on Sunday at 3 p.m. to talk about their works.
Philippe Cheng’s installation uses common building materials placed within the low ground plantings to capture light in unseen places. Donna Green shows distorted stoneware vessels animated with layer upon layer of glaze. Bastienne Schmidt has created three site-specific installations that celebrate the sun.
Refreshments will be served. Attendees have been asked to R.S.V.P. to [email protected].
Six in Springs
“Six in the Mix,” an exhibition of work by Susan Friend, Kirsten Benfield, Michele Berman, Jonathan Lopatin, Dorothy Kopelman, and Batya Wise, will open at Ashawagh Hall in Springs Friday with a reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m..
Gallery hours are Friday, 11 to 7:30, Saturday, 9 to 6, and Sunday, 10 to 4.
Art in the Park
The Southampton Fine Arts Show will bring work by 40 artists to Agawam Park in Southampton this weekend. Hours are Friday, noon to 5, and Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 5. The event is free.
CANCELLED: Joe Zucker at The Church
Joe Zucker, who throughout his career has been interested in the connection of imagery and process, will be the next guest in the Insight Sunday series at The Church in Sag Harbor, on Sunday morning at 10:30.
A self-described "cultural anarchist,", Mr. Zucker constructs his surfaces and images simultaneously. One of his signature techniques consists of canvases composed with cotton balls rolled in paint, resulting in highly textured surfaces that challenge the notion of painting's flatness.
He will speak about his "Boxing Painting #8" (1981), which is in The Church's current exhibition "Strike Fast, Dance Lightly: Artists on Boxing," as well as his practice in general.
Tickets are $10, free for members who register on the website.
This article has been changed from its print version to include the cancellation of Joe Zucker's talk at The Church in Sag Harbor.,
