For this year’s Parrish Road Show, the Parrish Art Museum’s series of off-site exhibitions, Andrea Cote has been invited to create a site-specific installation at Bridge Gardens in Bridgehampton. “Andrea Cote: To Belong to the World” will open there on Saturday with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m.
Ms. Cote’s installation will feature cyanotype-printed fabrics, some suspended as banners from trees, others installed with bamboo structures reaching approximately 15 feet in height.
Cyanotype photography is a camera-less technique that involves laying an object on paper coated with a solution of iron salts before exposing it to ultraviolet light and washing it with water to create striking white and Prussian-blue images.
To create the work, which will highlight various features of the landscape, Ms. Cote spent time over the past year visiting Bridge Gardens, collecting holly leaves, ferns, bamboo, and other natural materials to bring together elements of nature and the human form in celestial and cellular patterns.
One installation will include banners in the Rose Garden that track the sun’s path throughout the year. Ms. Cote accomplished that by producing prints during specific celestial events, starting with the winter solstice and continuing on auspicious dates throughout the year. The series will be completed on site during the autumn equinox.
Based in Hampton Bays, Ms. Cote works in photography, video, printmaking, and performance, Her practice includes studio-based work, mixed-media installations, and public projects that involve community participation, among them “A Port of Views” in Greenport and “Eyes on Main Street” in Riverhead.
She will talk about “To Belong to the World” at the Parrish Art Museum on Sept. 21 at 1 p.m. On Sept. 22 at 11 a.m., she will be at Bridge Gardens to create her autumn equinox banner.
The exhibition has been organized by Kaitlin Halloran, assistant curator and publications coordinator, and Brianna L. Hernandez, assistant curator. It will be on view daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Oct. 14, with an open house at the garden set for Oct. 5 from noon to 3.
Book Talk
The Parrish will host a discussion about the recently published book “Mothers of Invention: The Feminist Roots of Contemporary Art" on Friday at 6 p.m. The panel includes the book’s authors, Eleanor Heartney, Helaine Posner, Nancy Princenthal, and Sue Scott, as well as Suzanne McClelland, a Parrish collection artist who is featured in the book. A signing will follow.
Tickets are $20, $18 for senior citizens, $15 for members’ guests, $10 for members, and free for students and children.
