Curious Terrain In Bridgehampton

Exhibition The Barn, a gallery space in Bridgehampton, is offering a show titled “Curious Terrain” that brings together dynamic, multi-dimensional artwork by New York City and Long Island-based artists Darius Yektai, Claire Watson and Keren Anavy.

Challenging the perception of the canvas as a format for creative expression, in “Curious Terrain,” unconventional materials meet equally unconventional methodologies, all within the traditional format of a canvas and stretcher bars. From leather to resin and foam core, these works push and pull the viewer’s gaze in unexpected directions — flatworks with texture and depth, resisting all categorization.

Exhibition The Barn is the gallery space of Frampton Co., Elena Frampton’s interior design studio and art advisory based in New York City. Casey Dalene is the gallery’s new director of exhibitions and art advisory, and will help lead the curation and programming of the shows on view there.

“For my inaugural exhibition at Exhibition The Barn, I wanted to bring together artists who take risks with materials and process, calling into question the boundaries of what art is and the categories that define it,” said Dalene. “Intersecting painting, sculpture, mixed media, and more, these works show us that reframing the conversation allows us to experience art in new ways.”

Starting at the Barn’s exterior, viewers will encounter a site-specific installation by Keren Anavy. Adapting her abstract, painterly style to architectural scale, Anavy created “TKTK,” a 30-foot continuous scroll of translucent ink paintings on mylar, installed across the glass garage door. Inside, three circular works composed of ink painting on plexiglass showcase her distinctive use of abstracted, natural source material to simultaneously call into question environmental distress and beauty.

Darius Yektai’s paintings explore the surface unlike any other. By manipulating the materials at hand and layering multiple levels of imagery, he takes the viewer’s eye on a journey through the physical surface of the work. Two of these works, including the monumental “Excavation 2.22,” utilize poured resin on select areas of canvas, creating transparency which allows geometric abstractions above and below the surface to overlap, intertwine, and interact in unexpected ways.

Claire Watson’s work combines leather and canvas in shaped wall hangings. She repurposes vintage leather garments, deconstructing their patterns into curious shapes which are used as the basis for her abstract quilted “paintings.” Other than canvas, the only paint involved in the works is a deliberate use of gesso in certain areas, bringing the ‘painting’ conversation to the forefront all while questioning this categorization.

Exhibition The Barn is located at 141 Maple Lane in Bridgehampton. For more information, visit framptonco.com.