“Materials Speak,” an exhibition of artwork created in or having association with the East End, will open Saturday with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Bridgehampton Museum’s Nathaniel Rogers House and continue through May 23. Organized by Mary Dinaburg and Barbara MacAdam, the thread that runs through the show is the varied ways artists use materials.
The show ranges from a map painting by Julian Schnabel to a vivid abstract print by Mary Heilmann. Nina Yankowitz is represented by fabric work, while Claire Watson creates abstractions with leather. A painted wood piece by Russell Maltz transcends the boundary between painting and sculpture. Curtis Mitchell is showing a reconstructed plush toy, and Bonnie Rychlak creates both a painting and an object built of encaustic and other materials.
Through photographic manipulation, Barry Holden, an architect as well as an artist, shows how a chandelier of books would appear in a library. John Torreano’s work includes gems embedded in wood, Drew Shiflett is known for layered collaged paper and fabric constructions that straddle drawing, relief, and sculpture, and Jeanne Silverthorne works with rubber and phosphorescent pigment.
The other participating artists are Sydney Albertini, Suzanne Anker, David Kennedy Carter, Philippe Cheng, Eric Dever, Hiroyuki Hamada, Brianna Hernandez, Dennis Hollingsworth, Mel Kendrick, Debbie Ma, Candace Montgomery, Joel Perlman, David Row, Brie Ruais, Bastienne Schmidt, Mark Van Wagner, and Almond Zigmund.
Dinaburg has over 30 years of art industry experience, with extensive knowledge of the Asian art market. She is the founder of DinaburgArts, which provides curatorial advice and consultation for artists, collectors, galleries, museums, institutions, and corporations, with a focus on business development and cultural branding. Her expertise also includes the acquisition and deaccession of Post-Impressionist and modern masters, as well as established and emerging international contemporary artists.
MacAdam is an editor, writer, and curator, who has long worked for ARTnews, where she is at present editor at large and was, until recently, co-executive editor, working for the print edition and the website. She has also written and edited for Art and Auction, New York, Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas, The Paris Review, and the Virginia Quarterly Review. Her essays on art, literature, and design have appeared in the Los Angeles Times Book Review, Newsday, and The New York Times Book Review.
