Subversive Portraits
“Independence Day,” a solo show of new work by Genieve Figgis, an Irish artist, will open at Harper’s Gallery in East Hampton on Saturday, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. It will continue through Aug. 13.
Ms. Figgis draws from 18th-century art historical traditions to subvert portraits of luxury and leisure, according to the gallery. While her fanciful mark-making and soothing palettes evoke rococo elegance and decadence, she adds chilling and humorous elements to her scenes. For example, the facial features of her upper-class protagonists often melt into loose brushstrokes that transform poise into menace.
Unexpected Connections
“My My, Hey Hey,” a group exhibition that explores the artist’s use of individual elements — brushstrokes, motifs, and diverse materials that repeat or meld into an unexpected whole — is at Eric Firestone Gallery through July 30.
“The exhibition celebrates the beauty of unexpected connections to one another, to nature, and to cultural diversity,” says the gallery. It includes works by Johnny Abrahams, Elise Asher, John de Fazio, Francesca DiMattio, Michelle Flores, Susan Fortgang, Hervé Garcia, Pam Glick, James Harrison, Valerie Hegarty, Gustav Hjelmgren, Justin Hoffman, Sophie Larrimore, Jason Middlebrook, Jackie Milad, Jeanne Reynal, Miriam Schapiro, Tony Tasset, Paul Waters, Cameron Welch, and Rob Wynne.
Small Works in Springs
“Points of View,” the next iteration of Small Works at the Springs Library, will open Sunday with a reception from 11 to 1 and run through July 28. The show, organized by Andrea McCafferty, the co-owner of East Hampton’s White Room Gallery, and her daughter Sienna Hirschman, includes varying age groups, styles, and mediums.
Among the participating artists are Randy Rosenthal, Dennis Lawrence, Elaine Grove, Gerry Giliberti, Laurie Hall, Joanlee Montefusco, Carl Scorza, Barry McCallion, Jennifer Cross, Caren Sturmer, and Kristy Schopper.
Two at Kramoris
An exhibition of work by Michael Albert and Roger Sichel opens Thursday at the Romany Kramoris Gallery in Sag Harbor and will remain on view through July 24. A reception will take place on Saturday, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
For over two decades, Mr. Albert has been creating large-scale collages, using iconic consumer packaging to engage with such themes as history, literature, music, and religion. He is also known for his cubist cereal-box collages.
Mr. Sichel, who has produced rock concerts with the Doors, the Four Seasons, and Isaac Hayes, and worked as a photographic journalist, is now exploring neo-Pop mixed media inspired by his own life and current events.
Reflecting Women’s Lives
“Infinite Woman I,” the first of two related shows, opens Thursday at the Women’s Art Center of the Hamptons in Bridgehampton with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibition features works by Dorian Goldman, Sue Ferguson Gussow, Patricia Schnall Gutierrez, Mimi Saltzman, Kiki Smith, and Susan Zises.
Through drawings, sculpture, and mixed media that reflect women’s lives — depictions of the body, garments, and the everyday — the show explore how women’s stories and creativity thrive and resonate across time. It will continue through Aug. 3.
Multigenerational Show
“A Painter’s Holiday: An Opening of the Greats” will bring artwork by a diverse group of artists to Keyes Art in Sag Harbor. The show opens on Saturday, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., and will run through July 29.
The artists range from such eminent Abstract Expressionists as Willem de Kooning, Norman Bluhm, Theodore Stamos, and Grace Hartigan, to contemporaries, among them Mary Heilmann, Claude Lawrence, Leslee Stradford, and Lucy Villeneuve, who, as de Kooning’s granddaughter, brings the show full circle with her quirky figurative paintings.
Coming to Halsey McKay
Two exhibitions will open at Halsey McKay Gallery in East Hampton on Saturday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., and continue through July 28.
“Map of the Garden,” an intergenerational exhibition of paintings by Graham Collins, Lynne Drexler, and Lucy Mink, reflects a variety of formal inquiries into the relationship between abstraction and representation.
“Lock,” a solo show of panel paintings by Henry Glavin, features figureless spaces that flicker between photographic representation and dreamlike recollection, according to the gallery.
Plant Life and Climate Change
“Eric Dever: Points of Interest,” an exploration by the Water Mill artist into the temporal dimensions of plant life and the impact of climate change, opens Thursday at the Berry Campbell Gallery in Chelsea and will continue through Aug. 15.
Mr. Dever’s paintings balance representation and abstraction. In some works, botanical forms are so clearly rendered as to be immediately recognizable, while in others the plant forms dissolve into expansive abstractions. The artist drew inspiration from his own garden as well as from visits to arboretums, botanical gardens, nature reserves, and historic vistas.
A reception will take place next Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Wabi-Sabi
The Stella Flame Gallery in Bridgehampton is holding a reception Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. for “Sabi Beach,” a solo show of photographs by Dean Isidro, a noted fashion photographer.
Departing from the world of fashion, the exhibition is “a meditation on the quiet poetry of imperfection, inspired by the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi,” according to the gallery. Each photograph captures a fleeting moment: the time just before the tide comes in, footsteps left behind, the sun glancing off a chipped shell, or the worn grain of a boardwalk.
“Sabi Beach” will remain on view through July 15.
Art Classes
While LTV Studios isn’t the first place you expect might offer an art workshop, the Wainscott venue will host “Form and Flow: Sculpting the Intuitive Object,” a one-night-only session on Wednesday, from 6 to 9 p.m.
The class, led by Rocio Snyder, a Peruvian sculptor, will involve working with hands and tools to explore the possibilities of clay. All materials and tools are included, as are wine and traditional Peruvian hors d’oeuvres. Tickets are $90 in advance, $100 at the door.
Barbara Thomas, a Springs artist with extensive teaching experience, will continue her busy schedule of classes throughout the summer. Up next is “Watercolor Painting,” a four-session workshop that will be held at Golden Eagle Art in East Hampton on Tuesdays, starting Tuesday morning at 10:30.
Participants “will play with the mix of water to pigment, how to blend, mix colors, layer,” and more, said Ms. Thomas. The cost is $375; registration is at goldeneagleart.com.
Ms. Thomas will be at Third House in Montauk on Friday, July 11, for a plein-air painting workshop from 10 to 12:30. The class is for ages 15 and up and for all levels of experience. The cost is $75 and registration will secure a supply list. Signup is by email to [email protected].
