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Haze and De Kooning
“Elaine de Kooning x Eric Haze: Memory Image,” an exhibition co-organized by the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center and the Elaine de Kooning House, is now set to open May 1 and continue through May 25. A talk by Mr. Haze has been rescheduled for May 24 from 6 to 8 p.m., and Saturday's previously announced open house has been cancelled.
In 1972, when he was 10, Mr. Haze and his younger sister sat for de Kooning, in her studio, for a portrait. During the sitting, she gave him a set of paints and instructed him in the creation of two abstract canvases.
In 2020, having long since established himself as an important street artist and graphic designer, he revisited that childhood memory during his residency at the de Kooning House, creating the abstract paintings that will be on view.
Courtesy of the Artist
From Comics to TV
Noelle Giddings, an illustrator, artist, and entrepreneur based in Sag Harbor, will be at The Church in that village tomorrow at 6 p.m. to talk about her career in comic books and ready-for-television art.
After graduating from the Parsons School of Design, Ms. Giddings spent over 15 years as one of the few female artists working for DC and Marvel Comics, illustrating such titles as Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman.
She later became the art and color editor for Milestone Media, a comic book company founded by DC artists who created their own superheroes to “tell stories about marginalized groups and underrepresented social issues,” according to its website, and went on to be an animator for Disney and Nickelodeon, co-illustrate a graphic novel and two children’s books, and begin creating original art, ranging from Old Masters to contemporary art, that has been seen on CBS, Showtime, and FX.
Tickets are $!0, free for Church members who R.S.V.P.
Welcoming Spring
“Awaken,” a show of landscape paintings celebrating the arrival of spring, opens today at the Lucore Art Gallery in Montauk and will continue through April 22. A reception will be held on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m.
“Each artist I’ve chosen approaches the theme from their own style and perspective,” said Chris Lucore, the gallery’s proprietor.
Participating artists include A.G. Duggan, Aurelio Torres, Bob Sullivan, Bruce Lieberman, Candace Ceslow, Carl Scorza, Edward Joseph, John Melillo, Mary Daunt, Steven Romm, and Susan D’Alessio.
Personal Spaces
“Personal Infrastructure II,” an exhibition of work by Jeannine Bardo, Anna Lise Jensen, Paul Krause, and Brenda Simmons, is at the Southampton Cultural Center through April 27. The show explores different kinds of personal infrastructure, both literally and metaphorically.
Ms. Bardo’s work translates her text descriptions of sunrises into 4-by-4-inch paintings that she stitches together to create a patchwork of time. Ms. Jensen’s collages contain remnants from social art project spaces, including different types of adhesive tape she uses to hang her prints.
Found materials and ceramics are used by Mr. Krause to create delicate structures influenced by places he visits and imagines. Ms. Simmons, the founder and executive director of the Southampton African American Museum, is represented by photographs of its transformation from a former barbershop, as well as a text describing the undertaking.
A closing reception will happen on April 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. Visitors can take heir own food and drinks, and, at their discretion, an object or story to share.
Artists on Their Work
“East End Collected 8,” a show of paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photography, video, and glass fusion by 28 East End artists, is at the Southampton Arts Center through May 4.
Exhibiting artists include Brendan Johnston, Sutton Lynch, Nishan Kazazian, Allan Wexler, and Susan Zises, who will be in the galleries to talk about their work on Saturday at 3 p.m. The show’s curators, Paton Miller and Christina Strassfield, will moderate the discussion, which is free.
Sasson Soffer Talk and Tour
In conjunction with its current exhibition, “Sasson Soffer: Painting, Sculpture, and Works on Paper,” the Drawing Room in East Hampton will host a discussion with Jessica Soffer, the artist’s daughter, Stella Sands of the Sasson Soffer Foundation, and Emily Goldstein, the gallery’s co-founder, on Sunday at 2 p.m.
A tour of Soffer’s monumental sculptures at Town Lane Park in East Hampton will happen on April 12 at 11 a.m. Reservations are required for both events. For the sculpture tour, the address and parking instructions will be provided for those who register. The rain date is April 13.
This article has been changed from its original and print versions to reflect the rescheduling of the exhibition and artist's talk at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center due to an unforseen facilities maintenance issue.
