Springs Invitational
The 59th annual Springs Artists Invitational exhibition will open at Ashawagh Hall in that hamlet with a reception Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. and remain on view through Aug. 9.
Curated by Dennis Lawrence, the show is a fund-raiser for the Springs Improvement Society, which owns and maintains Ashawagh Hall. Among the artists who have taken part in the exhibition are Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock, James Brooks, Willem de Kooning, and John Little. Posters from past invitationals will be available for sale.
Gallery hours are Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday through Friday, noon to 6.
Sculpture, Chamberlain Film
The Southampton Arts Center has opened “Contained Movement,” an exhibition of contemporary outdoor sculpture that will be on view through Oct. 14 in the center’s gardens.
Curated by the Leila Heller Gallery, Simone Levinson, Christine Mack, and Christina Strassfield, the show includes works by Kiki Smith, Richard Hudson, John Clement, Mia Fonssagrives Solow, Rachel Lee Hovnanian, Katya Emelyanova, Anton Bakker, Arthur Carter, and Leo Orta.
Speaking of sculpture, the arts center will show “Heaartbeat,” a documentary by Alexandra Fairweather about the life, work, and creative philosophy of the late sculptor John Chamberlain, next Thursday at 6 p.m. The film includes archival footage captured by Fairweather beginning in her teenage years. As the artist’s stepdaughter and the director of his estate, she is uniquely qualified to provide a multidimensional portrait of one of the most influential artists of the postwar era.
Tickets are $15, $10 for members.
Lucy Villeneuve at Keyes
“Good Grief,” a show of paintings by Lucy de Kooning Villeneuve, will open at Keyes Art in Sag Harbor with a reception on Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. and run through Aug. 21.
Using gouache and watercolor on paper, Villeneuve creates a whimsical visual language featuring upside-down houses, scribbles, ladders, and abstract forms. Through her evolving personal language of recurring symbols and intuitive mark-making, her works embrace complexity without demanding resolution, according to the gallery.
Five Inspired by Nature
“Outdoors/Indoors,” work by five artists whose subject is nature, opens Thursday at the Depot Gallery in Montauk and will run through Aug. 10. A reception will be held Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.
Dawn Lee’s abstract imagery is informed by her observations of the natural world, while Sandi Daniel is an experimental photographer whose subjects include weavings, goddesses, and abstractions.
Trees and branches are favored subjects of Donna Corvi’s paintings, while Mary Daunt’s pastels are all about building layers of color. Malcolm Frazier’s recent works consist of small stone pieces whose forms are suggested by direct carving.
East End Photographers
“Through the Lens,” an exhibition of photographs by members of the East End Photographers Group, is on view at the Water Mill Museum through Aug. 9. The show includes traditional, digital, and alternative photographic processes.
The exhibiting artists are Ron Buchter, David Gilmore, Steve Dreyer, Ray Germann, Gerry Giliberti, Carol Glassman, Janis Hurley, David Johns, Virginia Khuri, Keith Manning, Joanna McCarthy, Bruce Mermelstein, Harold Naideau, Gordian Raacke, Joan Santos, Val Schaffner, James Slezak, Marilyn Stevenson, Mark Testa, Susan Woog Wagner, and George Whitson.
