New at Pollock-Krasner
“Simon Waranch: Patterns,” at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center in Springs, will open there on Saturday with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. and remain on view through Feb. 8.
A glass artist based in Dallas, Mr. Waranch will populate the kitchen, dining room, and parlor of the historic setting with metal, wood, and blown and cast-glass sculptures. The idea is to allow visitors to see the space with fresh eyes.
“Placed in juxtaposition with the decorative elements native to the home, viewers are asked to consider the similarities and differences between fine art and decoration as both function in daily life and in a domestic setting,” says a release. “The introduction of glass sculpture into the house also recalls Jackson Pollock’s and Lee Krasner’s own forays into the medium of glass.”
Nine at Ashawagh
“Grit and Grain,” an exhibition organized by Folioeast of work by nine artists, will open tomorrow at Ashawagh Hall in Springs with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and continue through Sunday.
The show features paintings, street and still-life photography, and sculpture and ceramics in wood, stone, bronze, plaster, and clay. Exhibiting artists are Alberto Dela, Jaime Lopez, Beth O’Donnell, Paul Pavia, Sally Richardson, Rita Schrager, Aurelio Torres, Mark Webber, and J. Lion Weinstock.
Gallery hours are 11 to 5:30.
Paul Davis at The Church
The renowned artist and graphic designer Paul Davis, who is one of six in The Church’s current exhibition “Yes, No, WOW: The Push Pin Studios Revolution,” will be at the Sag Harbor venue on Saturday at 6 p.m. to talk about his life and career.
After attending the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, Mr. Davis joined Push Pin Studios before forming the Paul Davis Agency in 1963. He was art director of Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival from 1984 to 1992, and his illustrations have appeared in Esquire, The New Republic, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Mirabella, and many other publications.
Mr. Davis, who lives in Sag Harbor, is a member of the Society of Illustrators and the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, and a recipient of a special Dramatists Guild award for his theatrical posters.
Tickets are $15, $10 for members.
Warmth and Luster
“Luster—Textile/Tactile,” an exhibition of work by five artists who use textiles and other tactile materials, will open at the Women’s Art Center of the Hamptons in Bridgehampton with a reception on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. and continue through Jan. 5.
Nancy Koenigsberg interlaces copper coated wire into intricate structures. Aby Mackie’s works are made of repurposed materials including textile and gold leaf. Ana Lisa Hedstrom offers a contemporary take on shibori, a Japanese manual tie-dyeing technique. Patricia Feiwel creates small-scale mixed-media scenes, while each of Robin du Plessis’s textile designs is a study in color, pattern, and texture.
“The artists in this exhibition are masterful creators of art that adds warmth and luster as well as a tactile dimension that offers a compelling exploration,” says Wendy Van Deusen, the art center’s director.
The Black Radical Tradition
The Eric Firestone Gallery has opened “Spirit Keepers: Walter C. Jackson, Marie Johnson-Calloway, and David MacDonald,” a show of work by three artists working in the Black radical tradition, at its NoHo outpost at 40 Great Jones Street.
The exhibition, which reintroduces to New York the work of these artists, includes work from 1970 through the ‘90s, a time when each responded to civil rights activism. Their work explores family history, the African-American experience, and African heritage, in experimental combinations of materials.
“Spirit Keepers” will remain on view through Dec. 21.
