Fox in the Heckscher
Connie Fox began visiting Sammy’s Beach, a tidal bay beach lying between Gardiner’s Bay and Three Mile Harbor, soon after moving to East Hampton in the late 1970s. Over a period of 30 years she walked, sat, and swam there, and between 2007 and 2014 she created a series of work inspired by the beach.
The Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington is presenting “Connie Fox: The Sammy’s Beach Series,” the first comprehensive presentation of this body of work on Long Island, through April 11. The show brings together a dozen abstract paintings and a group of related drawings in charcoal, ink, and acrylic on paper.
"The challenging compositions, robust paint handling, and sheer size of the works in the Sammy's Beach series thrill me,” said Karli Wurzelbacher, who organized the exhibition. “It is fascinating to consider how Fox's lived and remembered experiences of the beach have seeped into her abstractions.”
A Collection of Talks
The Southampton Arts Center will present a virtual illustrated talk by six artists from the center’s current exhibition, “East End Collected 6,” next Thursday at 7 p.m. Hosted by Paton Miller, curator of the show, the program will allot 10 minutes to each of the artists to share slides of their work and discuss their working processes.
The participating artists are Isadora Capraro, Melody Guini, Candace Hill, Patrick Peter, Doug Reina, and Kevin Teare. Registration for the talk is accessible on the center’s website.
"Love on the Brain"
“Love on the Brain,” a group exhibition, will open tomorrow at the White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton and continue through March 7. The works are linked by references to love and valentines, ranging from a cartoon of a romantic couple on the beach, by Nelson de la Nuez, to a red-tinted portrait of Marilyn Monroe by Russell Young, to Chad Knight’s digital rendition of stone-like kissing heads. A silkscreen portrait of Charlie Chaplin by an artist who goes by "Mr. Brainwash" is also on view, as is Craig Alan’s “All You Need Is,” which features a heart-shaped monument.
Painters in Love
The Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbor is welcoming Valentine’s Day with “Painting, Beloved,” a show of art by real-life couples that will open on Saturday and run through March 7.
The participating duos are Ben Fenske and Amy Florence, Sarah Lamb and David Larned, Viktor Butko and Kelly Carmody, Marc Dalessio and Tina Orsolic Dalessio, Angel Ramiro Sanchez and Melissa Franklin Sanchez, and Pedro Silva and Stefan J. Martin.
Artists in Winter
The Southampton Artists Association will open its winter art exhibition at the Southampton Cultural Center on Wednesday with work by more than 30 member artists, in a variety of mediums. The gallery is open Friday and Saturday, noon to 6, and Sunday through Thursday, noon to 4. The show will run through March 14.
