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The Watermill Center

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A laboratory for the arts and humanities, a unique space for artists to explore, create and present their work, the brainchild of visual artist Robert Wilson and, for the two of us, an uplifting, almost spiritual experience.

It was Sunday, beginning of September and the Watermill Center was resting after a summer of buzzing activity. No one else was around, the grounds were ours to explore. In a strange, calming way we did not feel lonely; for the artists may have been absent but their essence still lingered in the air. And in the many totems scattered in the woods.

The Watermill Center, is a mere 5′ drive from the Parrish Art Museum and a 2-hour drive from Manhattan.

September 3rd, 2017

Lady Sings the Blues @ Hamptons Drive-In

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The painting, Howard Kanovitz (1938 – 2009)
Hamptons Drive-In, 1974
Acrylic on canvas

and the film of how it came to be. Because, in Mr. Kanovitz’ words ”if you’re gonna paint a picture, first you gotta take the picture”.

Howard Kanovitz

From The Parrish Art Museum Collection

September 3rd, 2017

From Lens to Eye to Hand || Parrish Art Museum

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The closer you look, the harder it is to believe that these photos are actually paintings.Richard McLean (1934-2014)
Western Tableau with Rhodesian Ridgeback (Trails West), 1993
Oil on linen

Richard McLean (1934-2014)
(Detail) Western Tableau with Rhodesian Ridgeback (Trails West), 1993
Oil on linen

Charles Bell (1935-1995)
Troupe, 1983
Oil on canvas

Ralph Goings (1928-2016)
Miss Albany Diner, 1993
Oil on canvas

Robert Cottingham (b. 1935)
Radios, 1977
Oil on linen

Robert Bechtle (b. 1932)
’73 Malibu, 1974
Oil on canvas

John Kacere (1920-1999)
Untitled, 1974
Watercolour on paper

John Kacere (1920-1999)
Reina ’79, 1979
Oil on linen

Randy Dudley (b. 1950)
Gowanus Canal from 2nd Street, 1986
Oil on canvas

Davis Cone (b. 1950)
State-Autumn Evening, 2002
Acrylic on canvas

Don Jacot (b. 1949)
Herald Square, 1936 (After Berenice Abbott), 2013
Oil on linen

Don Jacot (b. 1949)
(Detail) Herald Square, 1936 (After Berenice Abbott), 2013
Oil on linen

From Lens to Eye to Hand, Photorealism 1969 to Today, was an exhibition that took a fresh look at this contemporary art movement that found its roots in the mid-1960s in New York and California, evolving from the then dominant movements, Abstract Expressionism, Pop art and Minimalism. And, while Photorealism reached its height in the ’70s, there are some magnificent works proving that the movement continues today.

Parrish Art Museum
Water Mill, Long Island

September 3rd, 2017