SPECIAL EDITION: Art Hamptons #1
John Jonas Gruen, Group Shot (with driftwood) Flying Point Beach, Water Mill, NY, 1959, Photograph. Courtesy of Artspace and the artist. (Back row): Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Roland Pease (Middle row): Grace Hartigan, Stephen Rivers, Larry Rivers, Herbert Machiz, Tibor de Nagy, John Myers (Front row): Mary Abbott, Sondra Lee, Maxine Groffsky, Jane Freilicher, Joe Hazan.
Ghosts of Hamptons Past
by Georgia Fee
For much of The Hamptons crowd, quaint is a weekend word. It goes nicely with ocean breezes, lawn sculpture and country club brights. This playground of the rich and richer is actually a string of villages and hamlets kept purposefully free of retail override. Only the privileged few gain access to this captive audience, mostly antique shops and cashmere boutiques, but a couple of very posh Starbucks have been able to sneak in as well. (Everyone needs their coffee.) Fashion, art, mansions, gardens and leisurely recreation have featured high on the Hamptons must-do list since its discovery as the perfect getaway for the well-heeled and well-born. Alongside the upper crust, the Hamptons have led a parallel life as artist-colony-cum-cool-
Being a recent transplant to New York, and as yet not part of the jet set, I have to admit that I knew next to nothing about The Hamptons. I had heard of East Hampton and knew it stood for Beach and Money but that was about the extent of my familiarity. I hadn't grown up with the lure of the North Shore parties, nor did I know so-and-so's cousin who spent the summers there. I couldn't have really said where it was, and have never longed for that weekend invitation. It was simply a rich resort, and for me, "rich" was a vague concept, probably acquired from TV, that loomed so far off in the distance that its absence was not even felt. However, as the temperatures began to rise in Manhattan and spring moved towards summer, I started to hear about surfside escapes that friends were planning. Suddenly I found myself right in the middle of Hamptons mania...
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FAIR WATCH - Massimo Vitali
Massimo Vitali, Ottranto, Red Paddle, Puglia, 2010, chromogenic print with Diasec, 72 x 86 in., edition of 6; Courtesy of ARC Fine Art LLC. At ArtHamptons.
Massimo Vitali's work is no simple day at the beach. More than spectacular beachscapes, Vitali's photographs also blend smart social observation and commentary with a tinge of tongue-in-cheek humor. And they're huge. His photographs will be exhibited at ArtHamptons with ARC Fine Art, from Fairfield, CT. For more on Vitali's photographs, read Robert J. Hughes' review:
...As you look at them, you're dazzled by Vitali's ability to capture the brilliance of the light; the colors are almost washed out – as if you yourself are looking — minus a squint -- at the scene right next to the photographer on a day when the sun burns white in the white-blue sky....(more)
FAIR WATCH - David Kramer
David Kramer, Easy to Please, ink and pencil on paper, 20 x 14 in.; Courtesy of MULHERIN, at artMRKT Hamptons, booth #118.
Prolific and eminently collectable, David Kramer's drawings combine self-effacing irony, empathetic self-consciousness, and an ample sense of humor. His work is on view at artMRKT Hamptons with Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, from New York. Ready more about Kramer's work in Charlie Schultz's review of his 2011 solo show:
...There is no skirting the fact that Kramer’s paintings, and especially his drawings, could be the marriage of Raymond Pettibon and Richard Prince. His illustrative technique—complete only what’s necessary for the image—comes out of the former, his wise cracks from the latter...(more)
TALK OF THE TOWN - Pretty People and Platinum VIPs: ArtHamptons Events
by Lori Zimmer
Andrew Burgess, Modernist Beach House, Brazil, 2011, oil on canvas, 25 x 31.5 in. Courtesy of Cynthia Corbett Gallery. At ArtHamptons and Art Southampton.
As the well-off head in droves to the Hamptons for summer magic, the arty set are also gearing up to venture out of the enchanted island of Manhattan for a weekend of beachside art installations, events, and hobnobbing at this year’s ArtHamptons. In preparation for the hip Lower East Side gallery workers mixing with the fat wallets of Southampton, the fair has scheduled a slew of events geared toward both the pop-culture hipsters and cultural elite—albeit in entirely separate events. The Hamptonite shirts have Money & Art, an interactive Jackson Pollock installation and the honoring of seminal West Coast artist Ed Moses, while the skins get one half of Cheech and Chong, Kimora’s ex and a tea dance with Lady Bunny. Yet the fair promises each to mesh the “Hamptons glamorous art aficionados,” “art fair cognoscenti” and “art world luminaries” with lively conversation.
Bridging the gap are Lisa Jack’s photos of Barack Obama that she took when she was a freshman in college—because we all know how much arty types want to talk politics while in the Hamptons. Each of the events seems to be designed to enrage the opposing sector, which could set the stage for a very interesting vibe at this year’s ArtHamptons.
Red Grooms, Jackson in Action, 1997, 3-D lithograph; Courtesy of Marlborough Graphics. On view in The Persistence of Pollock,May 3 – July 28, 2012, at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton.
Pretty People Paint Pollock invites the platinum and VIPs to get a taste of the bohemian life—and make their own “Pollock.” Cardholders can help contribute to a giant drip painting that will be displayed amidst photos of Pollock at work, as well as the replica paintings from the 2000 biopic, in the lobby for the duration of the fair. Decidedly reducing Pollock’s life’s work to gestural mimicry is enough to make art historians wince, and displaying them next to declared replicas is just salt in their wounds...
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Rafael Lopez-Ramos, Raja Roja / Red Crack (ThePOLIsexyGONS Suite), 2011,
acrylic, latex, collage and objects on plywood, 29 1/2 x 18 in.
acrylic, latex, collage and objects on plywood, 29 1/2 x 18 in.
Rafael Lopez-Ramos is a visual artist, critic and curator, born in Cuba, 1962. His work is discussed in the book Cuban Artists Across the Diaspora: Setting the Tent Against the House by Andrea O’Reilly Herrera, University of Texas Press, 2011, and his art has been recently exhibited in solo and group shows in Miami and New York. His latest solo exhibition is now on view at 17 Frost Art Space in Brooklyn. Lopez-Ramos currently lives and works in Miami.
Deborah Chapin
Deborah Chapin, Sand Castles, canvas giclee from a plein air oil, 21 x 34 in.
Deborah Chapin first began exhibiting her work in 1982, and since then her beach and seascape paintings have been included in numerous major museum and gallery exhibitions including the Louvre and the Grand Palais, in Paris, and in lectures at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Ketterer Kunst Auctions in Hamburg. Her original art is for sale by contacting her online studio, and select giclees prints on canvas can be purchased in her store.
Thomas Francisco
Thomas Francisco, Jumper, 8 x 7 in., sepia.
Thomas Francisco's photographs reflect his love of the aesthetics of natural elements. Whether in his photographs of equestrians, of rough-hewn wood, portals, roadways, or flowers, Francisco finds the kinetic energy in his subject and releases it visually in art.
Tracy Girdler
Tracy Girdler's paintings are meant to intrigue and challenge the eye, to invite it to explore and discover through depth and texture. Her works become one with the environment in which they are displayed, not overwhelming or distracting, but in harmony with the greater whole surrounding them. Girdler studied at the Corcoran College of Art+Design in Washington D.C. Tracy Girdler's upcoming solo show at Galleria Monogramma in Rome will be on view from October 26 - November 28, 2012.
Laura McClanahan
Laura McClanahan, Breaking Patterns - Oil, No. 10, 2012, photograph on Lyve canvas with Timeless matte varnish, 40 x 60 in.
Laura McClanahan is known for her abstract photography of water patterns and color photograms of blown glass. McClanahan's work has been shown by Divergence Fine Art and presented in three solo exhibitions by Simon Gallery in Morristown, NJ. She was awarded a solo exhibition by the Hunterdon Museum of Art in Clinton, NJ in 2009 and a solo exhibition at the Arts Club of Washington, D.C. She is a 2007 MFA graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art.
Shelley Lowell
Shelley Lowell, Living Fragments, oil and wax on canvas, 24 x 48 in.
In the beginning of Shelley Lowell's artistic career (1970s), her art earned her the label of a NYC Feminist representational and social commentary visual artist. Currently Lowell's painting and corresponding poems use metaphor and symbols to express her visions and spiritual concepts. Her paintings and sculpture have won numerous awards and have been published in many books and other publications. Shelley Lowell resides in Danbury, CT.
Shari Vogt
Shari Vogt, Fragments, 2012, oil, 36 x 36 in.
A completely self taught artist, Shari Vogt began painting as a hobby--which quickly became a passion. Vogt's work has been shown in galleries, such as the Linus Gallery in Pasadena, and has been subject of several awards including the Gallery Choice and Crowd Favorite for best artwork. In addition to her painting practice, she also teaches painting. Shari Vogt lives and works in Southern California.
Calina Hiriza
Calina Hiriza, Rebel Without a Cause, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in.
Calina Hiriza was born in Cluj, Romania, during the Communist era. She was initially trained in the fine arts at Romulus Ladea High School in Cluj. At the age of 17, she transitioned to New York's metropolis and between 2009 and 2011 the artist traveled to Italy where she worked with wood as primary material. Initially captivated by color, Hiriza has experimented with different mediums from ink to charcoal, to oils and solid materials like wood and metal. Hiriza has exhibited her work in Cluj, Milan, London and New York.
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