Visions and Murals
At Ashawagh Hall
“Visionary Times,” a photography exhibit at Ashawagh Hall in Springs on Saturday and Sunday, will feature the work of Camille Perrottet, Luigi G. Colarullo, and Vivian Polak.
Also on view will be a separate show of photos curated by Jane Weissman, a summer resident of Amagansett, called “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: New York City Murals.” It will feature mural photographs, some of them by Ms. Perrottet, who lives in East Hampton.
Ms. Perrottet’s “Water Series” shows bodies transformed and dissolved in pools of pollutants that contaminate the air, water, and soil. The artist’s murals and photographs are also featured in Ms. Weissman’s book “On the Wall: Four Decades of Community Murals in New York City,” recently published by the University Press of Mississippi.
Mr. Colarullo, who lives in East Hampton, New York, and Milan, will show “fluid and dreamy images” reminiscent of Abstract Expressionism. He has worked as a music supervisor and composer on television shows, films, and stage productions. His photographs have been shown at Guild Hall in East Hampton, the Islip Art Museum, and the Miami Art Fair, among other places.
Aspects of nature and landscape have been “re-envisioned and repositioned” in Ms. Polak’s “Mindscape” series. Through the use of photo collage and language, her photographs ask viewers to reconsider their perceptions of reality. Ms. Polak lives in East Hampton and New York.
A reception will be held Saturday from 4 to 8 p.m.
71st Annual Guild
Hall Members Show
Some 400 artists have entered work for the 71st annual Guild Hall Artist Members Exhibit, which opens on Saturday in the newly renovated space. The exhibit is the oldest nonjuried museum show on Long Island and one of the few nonjuried shows still offered.
“This is my favorite exhibition of the year. All the wonderful artists of our community have the rare opportunity to show their talents and work in a museum setting,” said Christina Mossaides Strassfield, the curator at Guild Hall, who supervised the show, which was organized by Michelle Klein, a curatorial assistant.
This year, Jodi Hauptman, a curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, will give out awards for best representational painting, best abstract painting, best sculpture, best work on paper, best mixed media, and best photograph, as well as honorable mentions and a $250 Catherine and Theo Hios landscape award. The artist who wins top honors will be have a solo exhibit in Guild Hall’s Spiga Gallery.
The author of “Joseph Cornell: Stargazing in the Cinema,” Ms. Hauptman has contributed essays to books on Georges Seurat, Odilon Redon, and Fernand Leger. She won the 2001 Charles C. Eldredge Prize for distinguished scholarship in American art, and she has taught at Princeton University, Yale University, and the University of Delaware.
An opening reception will be held on Saturday for members from 4 to 6 p.m. and for the public from 5 to 6 p.m. The show will be on view through May 30. On May 2, there will be a gallery talk, hosted by Ms. Klein, with the winners of the exhibit.
Courtney Leonard
At Rogers Memorial
A presentation called “Connecting Shards” will be given by Courtney Leonard, an artist working in clay and a member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton.
Her program will explore memory and language through the lens of personal narrative. Ms. Leonard’s work, which fuses monochromatic shades of blue, spotlights the relationships between Dutch delftware and Algonquin pottery.
The artist, who has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design, presented a talk called “The Colonial Dutch Impact on Native American Art in New York” at a conference in Germany in 2007. In June, she will be one of seven artists exhibiting work at the Staten Island Museum as part of a celebration of Henry Hudson’s entry into New York Harbor in 1609.
"Metamorphoses II: Into the Clouds" by Elizabeth Delson.
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Elizabeth Delson
At Broome Street Gallery
“Into the Clouds,” a painting by the late Elizabeth Delson of East Hampton, will be shown in the 41st anniversary show of the Contemporary Artists Guild at the Broome Street Gallery in Manhattan, which opens on Tuesday and can be seen through May 10.
Ms. Delson did much of her work as etchings, but also painted in oil and experimented with engravings, embossing, hand coloring, lithography, and aquatints. Her husband, Sidney Delson, has put together an extensive Web site of her work, including biographical information and her reflections on art, at www.atelierliz.com.
A reception will be held next Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Lois Wright’s Tribute
To Grey Gardens
After all the red-carpet screenings and parties heralding the feature film version of “Grey Gardens,” the ghosts of Little Edie and Big Edie Bouvier Beale can finally enjoy a rest. A quieter way to commune with their spirits might be through the artwork of Lois Wright of East Hampton, an artist, writer, and friend of the Beales.
Rebecca Cooper of the Gallery Sag Harbor and Celia Maysles have curated “A Tribute to Grey Gardens,” an exhibit of Ms. Wright’s paintings that will open on Wednesday at the National Arts Club at 15 Gramercy Park South in New York. Those who attend the opening, which will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, have been encouraged to dress as their favorite Grey Gardens character, although it is not required.
The show will be up through May 13.
Two Galleries Present
An Artisans’ Exposition
The Surface Library Gallery and Atelier on Springs-Fireplace Road in Springs and Keyes ART on Bay Street in Sag Harbor are teaming up to present “Furnish,” a design and art exposition of artisan furniture, home accessories, lighting, rugs, and sculpture.
The artisans are Nathan Slate Joseph (steel tables), Forest Myers (steel cord stools), Marion Megna (blown-glass chandeliers), Christa Maiwald (lighting), Sue Papa (ceramic stools), (Cheryl Hazen (mosaics), Liorra Manne (woven rugs), Mark Warwick (sculpture), Michael Rosch (metal and wood tables), John Rais (forged-steel furniture), and Travis King (woodwork). Also on display will be the “Slimmy Chair” by Borne Design, textural screens by James Kennedy, and sculptural ceramics by Bob Bachler.
The event will run today through Sunday and next Thursday through May 3. There will be a reception on Saturday at both locations from 6 to 8 p.m.
Let There Be
Light at Solar
“Fiat lux,” loosely translated as “Let there be light,” will be the theme of a photography show at Solar in East Hampton tomorrow through June 1.
Esperanza Leon, the curator, has chosen work by seven artists who have shown at Solar before. The images deal with the subject of light whether internal or external, physical or spiritual. On display will be geometric abstractions by Richard Garet, Santiago Garza’s “Citiscape” series, Lucia Pizzani’s “Mosaico Piaroa,” and Miquel Salom’s “Esperant” series, “Boat and Bridges” by Walter Sanchez, a suite of digitally manipulated images by Lihie Talmor, and Alicia Weiser’s “explorations into traces of forms.”
More information can be found at artsolar.com.
Anarchy and Assemblage
At Boltax Gallery
Assemblage, paintings, and studio installations by Jessica Grindstaff, a Brooklyn-based artist, will be on display at the Boltax Gallery on Shelter Island from Saturday to May 18.
Ms. Grindstaff has a background in set design, worked as an amateur entomologist, and taught at an anarchist art school in Denmark.
“The Extinction Wing” and “The Legend,” a multimedia exhibit, will include dioramas of recycled wood, taxidermy, and found objects as well as an installation with objects set up in displays within displays that are interspersed with totemic paintings made from chalkboard paint, chalk, tissue paper, and beeswax.
A reception will be held on May 2 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Denise Lassaw with a sculpture by her father, Ibram Lassaw.
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Remembrances
Of Ibram Lassaw
Ibram Lassaw, a sculptor of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism who died in 2003, was given a posthumous retrospective show at the Museum of Contemporary Sculpture in Matera, Italy, last year. It was curated by Ellen Russotto and Giuseppe Appella.
Today, from 3 to 5 p.m., the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center will host a program showing highlights from the exhibit at Stony Brook Manhattan from 3 to 5 p.m.. It will include a film and discussion of this work, and among the speakers will be Helen Harrison, director of the Pollock-Krasner center, Mr. Appella, Ms. Russotto, and Denise Lassaw, the artist’s daughter and the archivist of his work.
On Saturday at 6 p.m., Ms. Lassaw will open her father’s studio in Springs and exhibit a selection of works from the Italy show. Those interested can call Ms. Lassaw at 324-4575 for directions and information. The Lassaw open studio will continue Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. each day.
Spring Break
At Grenning Gallery
The Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor continues its tradition of presenting American Neo-Realism and Neo-Impressionism in a group show called “Spring Break,” which opens on Saturday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m.
In addition to some of the gallery’s stable of artists, two, Colin Berry and Shea Keating, who is Grenning’s gallery manager, will make their debut in Sag Harbor.
Ms. Keating is a “locally grown talent,” according to Laura Grenning. She graduated from Pierson High School and went on to study at the School of Visual Arts in New York. “Through osmosis and direct tutelage,” Ms. Keating has merged modernist influences with classical techniques.
Mr. Berry, a realist painter inspired by Italian artists of the 15th century, has studied both historical and contemporary approaches to oil painting and color theory. The recipient of a Fulbright grant, the artist studied at the University of New Hampshire and the Yale University Summer School of art. His work has been exhibited in galleries throughout New England and the Midwest.
Others artists whose work will be on display are Stephen Bauman, Vincent Giarrano, Daniel Graves, Michael Kotasek, Chris Pugliese, Dave Peikon, and Patty Watwood.
The show can be seen through May 17.
New Clic
On the Block
Clic Bookstore and Gallery will open on Newtown Lane in East Hampton with “Casein Paintings,” a show by Amy Wickersham. Christiane Celle, the founder of the Calypso fashion boutiques, is the proprietor of Clic, which also has locations in St. Barths and New York.
Ms. Wickersham works in mixed media, including drawing, collage, and photography. Her work has been shown at the Fox and Fowle Gallery, Nix Gallery, and Washington Square Park Gallery, all in New York, and the Spannocchia Foundation in Italy. She lives and works in New York.
More information is available at clicgallery.com.