Revisiting the Canon
"The Rest Is History," which features sculpture and painting made between the 1940s and 1980s, opens Thursday at the Eric Firestone Gallery in East Hampton and will run through Sept. 27.
Reflecting the gallery's commitment to historical reinvestigation of the art historical canon, the show includes work by Sidney Geist, Ibram Lassaw, Costantino Nivola, Miriam Schapiro, Esteban Vicente, and Lucia Wilcox, all of whom lived and worked on the South Fork. Other artists include Martha Edelheit, Helen Frankenthaler, Joe Overstreet, Pat Passlof, Jeanne Reynal, Lucas Samaras, and Nina Yankowitz.
The Human Form
"The Body: Seen, Remembered, and Reimagined," a group exhibition, will open at the Drawing Room in East Hampton Friday and remain on view through Oct. 4. The show explores the subject of the human form across cultures and generations in painting, sculpture, watercolor, drawing, and photography, with work by Jack Ceglic, Eric Fischl, Mats Gustafson, Francine Fleischer, and Patricia Maurides, works from the estates of Costantino Nivola and Dorothy Cole Ruddick, and pieces by the notable self-taught artists James Castle and Frank Walter.
Small Works, Big Show
The Springs Community Library will open "Small Natural Wonders," a group exhibition organized by Donna Corvi, with a reception Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will continue through Sept. 20.
On view will be small works that capture the mystery and beauty of the natural world by Nadia Block, Rosalind Brenner, Francisco Daniel Cabrera, Ben D'Innocenzo, Jana Taylor Eshaghian, Peter Gumpel, Laurie Hall, Dena Harris, Elisca Jeansonne, John Jinx, Dennis Lawrence, Veronica Mahoney, Jane Martin, Beth Meredith, Haim Mizrahi, Carol Mohlenhoff, Kate Nicolai, Brian Ortmann, Marcia Previti, Carl Scorza, Andrea Sher, David Slater, Peter Spacek, Bob Sullivan, Barbara Thomas, Timothy R. Tibus, Burt Van Deusen, and Bob Wilson.
Capturing Nature
"Color Unmapped," a solo show of paintings by Amy Pollack, opens Thursday at Montauk's Depot Gallery and will run through Aug. 24. A reception will be held Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m.
While Pollack studied painting in college, she earned a medical degree and focused on women's health and global health policy. When she traveled across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, she carried her paints and captured the world's landscapes. Now based in New York and Montauk, working in watercolor, pastel, and oil paint she uses color to translate the natural world into images that feature the interplay of shape and light.
Book Talk
The release of a new book, "Collecting Contemporaries: The Fuhrman Collection," will be celebrated at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill next Thursday at 2 p.m. with a conversation between Glenn Fuhrman, founder of the FLAG Art Foundation, and Jacoba Urist, a journalist. The discussion, which will be followed by a reception, will include stories chronicling 30 years of collecting contemporary art by such artists as Gerhard Richter, Ed Ruscha, Brice Marden, Cy Twombly, Sam Gilliam, and Amy Sherald.
Tickets are $20, free for members, resident benefits passholders, students, and children.
Open Studios
Artists of Shelter Island, organized in 2010 as an alternative to the traditional gallery model, will open their studios on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5. This year's participants, who work across a wide range of disciplines and mediums, are Connie Abate, Sally Jacobs Baker, Linda Brienza, Bill Clark, Kathryn A. Cunningham, Laurie Dolphin, Katherine Hammond, Megan Hergrueter, Lily Hoffman, Diana Malcolmson, Mary Ann Moy, Carl Norr, Jacky Pullman, James Sebor, Chris Sorensen, Peter Waldner, and Allison Woodward.
More information and a map are at artsi.info.
The Sea and the Summer
"La Mer et L'Ete," a solo exhibition of watercolors on paper and limited-edition prints by Lucy Cookson, will open at the Stella Flame Gallery in Bridgehampton with a reception Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. Cookson's work is inspired by the natural world, particularly gardens, the sea, and the coastal landscapes of Amagansett and Kauai, between which she divides her time. Her "ethereal compositions evoke dreamlike states where delicate figures and flowers emerge through luminous washes," according to the gallery.
Jewelry by Katey Brunini and Chris Davies will also be on view.
Photography Talk
In conjunction with its current exhibition, "Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder," the Southampton Arts Center will host a conversation between Lauder, a photographer and philanthropist, and David Campany, the executive director of the International Center of Photography, on Sunday at 6 p.m.
Tickets are $15, $10 for members.
