A short list of the can’t-miss new exhibition openings (and closings) this week, by city. See last week’s list for other recent openings, and for a more comprehensive guide, see our Itinerary.
NEW YORK
“Counterpoint: Selections from the Peter Marino Collection”
Southampton Arts Center
25 Jobs Lane
Southampton, NY
OPENS: July 28
Southampton Arts Center dedicates its gallery spaces to the personal collection of New York–based architect Peter Marino this summer. Organized into four thematic “chambers” that Marino designed on site of the Center, the exhibition showcases Pop Art from Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Richard Prince, and Tom Sachs; modern works from German artists Anselm Kiefer and Georg Baselitz; photographs by Mapplethorpe and Marino’s own sculptural bronze boxes; as well as a variety of examples of Marino’s architectural engagements with Southampton. A public opening reception will kick off the exhibition on the evening of July 27.
Jonathan Trayte “Fruiting Habits”
Friedman Benda
515 W 26th Street
CLOSES: July 25
The London-based artist’s first solo exhibition in the United States reimagines domestic spaces and objects into an array of playful and alien forms. Trayte’s culinary and catering backgrounds are brought to the fore in this series of functional objects that blend the synthetic colors and materials of food packaging with vegetal motifs from the natural world. Read more about Trayte’s “Fruiting Habits” creations.
Ron Arad “Fishes and Crows, ‘85-’94”
Friedman Benda
515 W 26th Street
CLOSES: July 27
Highlighting a significant period in the Israeli designer and architect’s career, this survey tracks his experimentation with industrial methods and materials in pieces such as “Tinker Chair,” the development of his subversive forms, and his then-emerging geometric clarity in furniture series including “Cone” and “Big Easy.”
(Opening image: Ron Arad, “Italian Fish,” 1988. Photo: Dan Kukla. Courtesy Friedman Benda and Ron Arad)
“Snarl of Twine”
Magenta Plains
94 Allen Street
CLOSES: July 27
This exhibition at Magenta Plains in the Lower East Side explores the form and function of painting within the world of contemporary art. This collection of recent works from a variety of American artists (including Lucien Smith, Annabeth Marks, Israel Lund, Shirley Irons) both obfuscates and elaborates upon the distinctions between representational and abstract painting in art today.
