Manhattan Gems, The Hamptons, Too

The crowds were out in Lakeville last Saturday for Gallery Night. It was a warm late-summer evening and once again, great fun.

   The White Gallery opened “Southern Exposures,†with three artists from the South: Jane Filer, Joseph Cave and Wayne Trapp. Filer’s work, familiar to many patrons of the gallery, is whimsical and colorful, filled with childlike depictions of houses, trees, mountains; it is charming and folkloric. Her painting, “The Road to Nimrod,†in oranges and yellows, is a topsy-turvy world of little houses, in the midst of which three little faces look out at us, as if from a cave.

  Trapp, like Filer, from North Carolina, is known primarily as a sculptor. But here he  shows his newer paintings: They are dark, abstract, thickly painted, engaging. “Night Flight†is an explosion of orange across a field of blue-black; it is terrifying, yet compelling.

   Cave, from South Carolina, paints landscapes with a lively brushwork; his “Bridge at Fair Bluff†(oil on linen) is impressionistic, and thoroughly grounded in place; it is certainly Southern but has a European air.

   These are three Southerners who have talent in common. Through Oct. 19. The gallery is still located behind the Boathouse Restaurant, with parking at the gallery across the street at 342 Main St. Hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. www.thewhitegalleryart.com. Tel.: 860-435-1029.

   Argazzi Art has a terrific  group show featuring the work of Eric Aho, Debra Birmingham, Liz Dexheimer, Takashi Harada and Lucy Reitzfeld. More on this show next week. Through Oct. 5. Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.Tel.: 860-435-8222.

   Morgan Lehman Gallery is showing three interesting New York City-based artists, reviewed in last week’s column, Franklin Evans, Kysa Johnson and Katia Santibanez.Through Oct. 12.  Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. www.morganlehmangallery.com/ct. Tel.: 860-435-0898.

 Elsewhere, around and about:

    Steven Romm, a painter of Hamptons’ landscapes, opened a show at the Tremaine Gallery at Hotchkiss on Tuesday, Sept. 2. An artists’ reception will be announced. Through Oct. 18. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m. www.hotchkiss.org/arts. Tel.: 860-435-3663.

   “Manhattan in Detail,†charming watercolors by Robert Bowden, are on display at Joie de Livres in Salisbury. Through Sept. 14. Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 860-435-2332.

   Alan McCord shows landscapes, prints and drawings at the Norfolk Library on the Green through Sept.14. Hours are daily library hours. Tel.: 860-542-5075.  

  A show of works by Cleve Gray is at the Morrison Gallery in Kent includes pieces never shown before. Through Sept. 23. Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sunday, 1-4 p.m. www.themorrisongallery.com. Tel.: 860-927-4501.

   Works by Russian constructivist Aleksander Konstantinov are at the Ober Gallery in Kent.  Through Sept. 24. Hours: Wednesday and Thursday, noon-5 p.m., Friday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. www.obergallery.com. Tel.: 860-927-5030.

    Russian painter Zufar Bikbov shows his land and cityscapes at the Kent Memorial Library Gallery, with an artist’s reception this Saturday, Sept. 6, at 4 p.m. Through Oct. 15. Library hours. Tel.: 860-927-3761.                                  

     Down the street, Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery features work from four artists: Jane Arnold’s stoneware vessels, Lani Irwin’s oils, Holly Russell’s steel furniture, and Laura Von Rosk’s landscapes. Through Sept. 7. Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. wwwbacheliercardonsky.com. Tel.: 860-927-3129.  

    “Warm, Hot and Sultry,†at the Kent Caboose Gallery, shows nine artists — Paul Arsenault, Marilyn Muller, Janice Mauro, Sandra McRae, John Butler, Keith Batten, Vivian Altman, Sybil Perry and Michael Dannon. Through Sept. 7. Hours: Thursday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. www.info@kentcaboosegallery.com. Tel: 860-248-8800.   

  “In Black and White†is the show at Northern Exposure Photographic Gallery on Main Street in West Cornwall. Through Sept. 21. Hours: Friday-Sunday, noon-5:30 p.m. Tel.: 860-927-3319.

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