ArtBeat: What To See

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Ultra Pro: Sculptures That Cook @ Art Omi, Ghent. An afternoon of sculpture, food, drink and live music at Art Omi, featuring handmade sculptures that bake, boil, pop, fry, grill, roast, steam or smoke food. Participating artists include Matt Bua, MaryAnne Davis, Dan Devine & Lawre Stone, Black Lake, Peter Kirkiles & Robert Wheeler, William Meyer, Deborah Masters, Jason Middlebrook, Tom Mcgill, Simone Kearney, Mark Wasserbach, Jason Wyckoff and Andrew Robinson. Saturday, October 7, 4pm.

A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America @ The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls. More than sixty works made between 1800 and 1925 by regional artists who were either self-taught or had received minimal formal training. Opens Sunday, October 8. (Through December 31)

Liz Glynn: The Archaeology of Another Possible Future @ MASS MoCA, North Adams. Los Angeles-based Liz Glynn will present her largest and most ambitious project to date in Building 5, MASS MoCA’s largest gallery — a sprawling multi-sensory sculptural experience of sight, sensation, sound, and scent stretching nearly a football field in length. The exhibition expands Glynn’s interest in the rise and fall of empires, labor, and shifting cultural values, in order to speculate upon our uncertain future. Opens Saturday, October 7. (Through Labor Day 2018)

Selected Paintings & Sculpture @ Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson. Abstract paintings by James O’Shea as well as paintings by Adam Cohen and Ginny Fox, encaustic pieces by Susan Stover and wall sculptures by Dai Ban. Artist’s reception: Saturday, October 7, 5-7pm. (Through November 12)

It’s Not Just About Flowers @ 510 Warren Street, Hudson. Paintings by John Lipkowitz Opening reception: Saturday, October 7, 3-6pm. (Through October 29)

Fluid Expressions: The Prints of Helen Frankenthaler @ Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie. This traveling exhibition features almost 30 prints made from a diverse range of techniques from the acclaimed abstract expressionist. Lecture and opening reception: Friday, October 6, 5:30pm. (Through December 10)

OnSite: Toshiko Mori @ Art Omi, Ghent. Architectural sections (half-scale vertical slices of actual buildings) by Toshiko Mori. Also on display: Memorial, drawings, books, photos, animations and sculptures by David Shrigley that mix the mundane with the absurd. Opening reception: Saturday, October 7, 1:30-4:30pm. (Through October 17)

Remembering Marvin Hamlisch, The People’s Composer @ Hudson Hall, Hudson. Portraits by photographer Len Prince chronicling the life and work of the legendary conductor and composer. Opening reception and book signing: Saturday, October 7, 5pm. (Through November 26)

Inspirations and Influences @ Spencertown Academy Gallery, Spencertown. The Academy’s fourth annual juried regional art exhibition, judged by gallerist Lauren Clark, features 31 artists working in varied disciplines. Opening reception: Saturday, October 7, 4-6pm. (Through October 22)

Paper Is Part of the Picture: Strathmore Paper and the Evolution of American Graphic Design @ Opalka Gallery, Albany. An exhibition about the evolution of paper promotion over the course of the past 125 years as seen through the archives of the Strathmore Paper Company. Opening reception: Friday, October 6, 6-8pm. Curator’s talk with Paul Shaw: Thursday, October 26, 6:30pm. Exhibition tour with Chris Harrold : Friday, November 3, 6:30 pm. (Through December 15)

Nature Culture Clash @ Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield. A solo exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Berkshire-based artist Morgan Bulkeley offers compelling scenarios where humans are pitted again nature, with nature holding the advantage. Artist’s reception: Sunday, October 7, 5:30-7:30pm. (Through February 4)

Emergent Behavior @ Cynthia Reeves, North Adams. An exhibition of prints and a site-specific installation by Thomas Jackson. (Through October 7)

Two Worlds @ Neumann Fine Art, Hillsdale. Works by Christina Painter and Dan Peterson. (Through October 7)

Benjamin Butler @ John Davis Gallery, Hudson. New sculpture by Benjamin Butler in the main galleries and sculpture garden. Also on display in the carriage house: paintings by Louise Finkelstein and Henry Finkelstein, Laurel Sucsy and Lee Marshall. (Through October 8)

Out of Site: Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood @ Chesterwood, Home of Daniel Chester French, Stockbridge. Works by 14 artists invited by guest curator Sharon Bates to develop new projects or to adapt existing works that directly respond to the environmental, cultural and aesthetic attributes of the landscape at Chesterwood. Artists include: Roberley Bell, Colin C. Boyd, Matt Crane, Roger Bisbing, Chrissy Scolaro, Brian Kane, Michael Oatman, Portia Munson, Derek Parker, Deborah Zlotsky, Amy Podmore, Douglas Culhane, Matt La Fleur and Amelia Toelke. Artists’ talk with Brian Kane and Michael Oatman: Saturday, August 26, 11:30am. (Through October 9)

As In Nature @ The Clark, Williamstown. Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler that focuses on nature as a long-standing inspiration for the artist. Also on display is No Rules, an exhibition of 17 large-scale woodcuts by Frankenthaler that explore the full range of her exploration with the medium. (Through October 9)

States of Incarceration @ The Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs. The first national traveling multimedia exhibition and coordinated public dialogue to explore the history and future of mass incarceration in the United States, launched in New York City in 2016, arrives at the Tang, examining one of the most pressing issues facing our country. Check the Tang website for the many events associated with this exhibition. Also on display: Tony Oursler: Talking Light, in which a single incandescent light bulb hangs from the ceiling of the Tang Museum’s elevator; its intermittent flickering correlates to the sounds of the artist’s voice emanating from a hidden speaker. (Through October 11)

River Paintings @ Foundations Gallery at Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson. Landscape paintings by Marianna Van Lent that explore the imagery of the earth, its cycles and psychology. (Through October 12)

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That. Was. EPIC!!! : when quotidian becomes lore @ Collar Works, Troy. An exhibition that aims to discern how how certain moments, objects, and experiences cross over from the quotidian of life to become the stuff of legend, featuring works by Cody Arnall, David Carpenter, Tehniyet Masood, Dylan Redford, Dane Winkler and Georgia Wohnsen. Artists’ reception: Friday, September 29, 5-8m. (Through October 14)

Seasons of Greene @ Athens Cultural Center, Athens. An exhibiton of paintings of natural areas protected by the Greene Land Trust, including works by James Coe, James Cramer, Leigh Ann Smith, Susan Story, George Van Hook, Ann Larsen, Marlene Wiedenbaum and Scott Balfe. (Through October 14)

Jonathan Kirk @ The Teaching Gallery, Troy. An exhibition of large‐scale sculptural models by Utica artist Jonathan Kirk. (Through October 14)

Carla Shapiro: To Capture a Shadow @ The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock. Ethereal manipulated photographs by Carla Shapiro. Also on display: Fredrik Marsh: The Dresden Project, photographs that capture the transition in former East German cities to newer, Western lifestyles. (Through October 15)

L’Origine du Monde: Eroticism @ Scarlet Seven Gallery, Troy. Works by Suzanna Scott, Nina Covington, Michael Bergt and Julie Branch. (Through October 15)

Victorian Abstraction @ Carmen’s Cafe, Troy. Paintings and works on paper by Virginia Bryant, inspired by choreographic and musical structures. (Through October 15)

Dissonance @ Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli. Photographic works by Dana Matthews. (Through October 15)

Something Familiar: Roger Bisbing + James A Van Duyne @ The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy. Objects and arrangements by Roger Bisbing and james A. Van Duyne that depict spatial situations across the collective landscape. Also on display: Collective Charm: Works by The Art Center of the Capital Region’s Nuts, Bolts & Beyond. (Through October 15)

Then & Now: Robert Cartmell @ Albany Center Gallery, Albany. An extensive exhibition of drawings, paintings and prints spanning 40 years by noted artist and roller-coaster enthusiast Robert Cartmell. (Through October 20)

Sol Hill @ Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham. The experimental photographic images of California artist Sol Hill explore how the literal can reveal unacknowledged realities, and encompass beautiful and provocative pictures from two of his recent series, Token Feminine and Sublime Noise. (Through October 21)

Orlyk & Wickham @ The Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville. Paintings by Harry Orlyk and sculpture by Regina Wickham. (Through October 22)

Stills @ Wired Gallery, High Falls. A solo show of still lifes and floral compositions by New Paltz-based Argentinean artist Roberto Azank. (Through October 22)

Out on a Limb @ Eclipse Mill Gallery, North Adams. New and in-process works by Eclipse Mill residents Debi Pendell, Sarah Sutro and Betty Vera. (Through October 29)

Inventing America: Rockwell and Warhol @ Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge. The first exhibition linking Norman Rockwell and Andy Warhol, two iconic visual communicators who embraced populism, shaped national identity and opened new ways of seeing in twentieth century America. The show includes original iconic artworks; process materials and studies; archival photography, manuscripts and documents; film/video footage and personal artifacts. (Through October 29)

No to the Invasion: Breakdowns and Side Effects @ Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson. An exhibition of works drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation, a collecting philanthropic institution based in the United Arab Emirates, featuring works dating from 1990 to 2016 that examine social, political, and economic histories from the shared geo-political space of the Arab-speaking world. Also on display: Picture Industry, a historical survey of photography. (Through October 29)

Montgomery Place Campus, Annandale-on-Hudson. A new seasonal exhibition focusing on the antique garden implements used at Montgomery Place for vegetable gardening, landscaping, orchard care and ornamental floral display. (Through October 31)

Wooden Forms @ Turn Park Art Space, West Stockbridge. An exhibit that explores wood as a sculptural material through the practices of two artists, Ben Butler and Jim Holl. Two temporary, site-specific sculptures will be installed on the territory of the park and an exhibition of related drawings and models will be shown at the Workshop Gallery. (Through October 31)

The Tattooed Ladies Along the Mohawk Trail @ Brill Gallery, North Adams. Photographs by Dave Foss, Grier Horner, Joanna Klain, Jim Peters, nadine Robbins and Ralph Brill. (Through October 31)

The Hudson River School @ Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany. Due to its popularity, the Institute is expanding its exhibition from earlier this year in this reinstallation of nearly 90 Hudson River School paintings in the Hearst Gallery on the museum’s third floor.

Cityscapes @ Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center, Albany. Paintings and photographs of the Albany skyline by David Hinchen. (Through November 2)

Intangible Roots @ Saratoga Arts, Saratoga Springs. Works by Kevin Cieplensky, Greg Cuda and Andrew Dines,, based on architectural and geometric forms, that aim to examine the complicated relationships a culture has with the infrastructures it creates and leaves behind (Through November 4)

Making: Then and Now @ Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield. An exhibition of contemporary works that explore the connection between artists today and an historic utopian movement in the Berkshires, featuring artworks exhibited in the Village’s historic spaces by Gregory Crewdson, Don Gummer, Stephen Hannock, Jenny Holzer, Maya Lin and David Teeple. (Through November 12)

Accordion Space @ Feigenbaum Center for the Visual Arts, Schenectady. A group exhibition featuring works by Aschely Cone, Doron Langberg, Susan Lichtman, Sangram Majumdar, Claire Sherman and Didier William, six painters who challenge the classical idea of figure-ground, expanding and compressing space in unpredictable ways. Reception: Friday, October 20, 5-7pm. (Through November 14)

Best of Both Worlds @ Clement Art Gallery, Troy. Elizabeth Apgar-Smith’s paintings of Troy’s cityscapes and architectural details, plus a selection of rural landscapes. (Through November 18)

Freedom From Fear/Yellow Bowl Project @ MCLA Gallery 51, North Adams. Artist Setsuko Winchester carted 120 bright yellow ceramic tea bowls to the sites of the Japanese internment camps – yellow, to represent the “Yellow Peril” and tea bowls, to represent man’s humanity. Artist’s talk: Thursday, October 12, 5pm. (Through November 19)

Catherine Howe: Monoprints @ Inky Editions, Hudson. An exhibition exploring the artist’s recent collagraphic monoprints and the objects that they’ve inspired. (Through November 19)

STORIES @ Wikoff Student Gallery, Schenectady. What would you talk about if asked to tell a story? Sophie Rosen asked that question to over twenty friends and classmates to create this series of expressive photographs. Reception: Tuesday, October 10, 5-6pm. (Through November 22)

Elizabeth King: Radical Small MASS MoCA, North Adams. A solo exhibition combining small sculptures and large videos, by Richmond, Virginia-based artist Elizabeth King.

Laini Nemett: When We Lived Here @ Mandeville Gallery, Schenectady. Working with cardboard models, collage, and large-scale oil paintings, Laini Nemett creates architectural environments that explore the idea of home. Reception: Wednesday, September 27, 5-6:30pm. (Through December 3)

Other Side: Art, Object, Self @ The Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs. Artworks from the Tang Collection by Willie Cole, Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler, Tim Hawkinson, Zanele Muholi, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Yinka Shonibare MBE, among others, that examines ways in which artists use materials, found objects, or even their own bodies to explore questions of national, cultural and self-identity. (Through December 30)

Charles Clough @ Art Omi, Ghent. Works by Charles Clough including a large-scale participatory painting project. Also on display: Works by Galia Solomonoff as part of the Art Omi: Architecture indoor gallery series. (Through December 31)

Chasing the Tale @ Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany. Works by artists engaged in a pictorial expression of storytelling that crosses personal mythology with collected narratives from historical, folk and popular culture, featuring Jason Blue Lake Hawk Martinez, Kenny Harris, Ira Marcks, Fernando Orellana, Amy Podmore, Jeff Starr and Gerda van Leeuwen. Public reception: Friday, September 15, 5:30-7:30pm. (Through February 26)

Spotlight: Albany & Anti-Suffrage @ Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany. In the years leading up to 1917, not every woman wanted the right to vote. In fact, Albany was considered a stronghold of the anti-suffrage movement. This exhibit tells the story of the women who first met in 1894 before the New York Constitutional Convention convened, organized the Albany branch of the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, lobbied to make their views heard in 1915, and lost their fight in 1917. (Through March 31)

Branding the AfroFuture @ Schaffer Library Learning Common, Schenectady. Works by Stacey Robinson that explore ideas of “Black Utopias” as spaces of peace away from colonial influence by considering Black protest movements and the art movements that document(ed) them. (Through March, 2018)

Summer Season Opening @ Art Omi, Ghent. The summer season opens with new sculptures on view in the Fields by Tony Tasset, Tom Burr, Angela Bulloch and Matt Wedel. In the Benenson Visitors Center, a site-specific installation by André Kruysen will be shown with drawings by Joan Banach.

Downtown is Pawsome Garden Party @ Tricentennial Park, Albany. Celebrating a local landmark and American icon, regional artists have customized twenty 3-foot-tall sculptures of Albany’s famous canine resident Nipper. The painted pups will grace various locations in downtown Albany throughout the next year. Proceeds from the Garden Party will benefit programs of the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society, as well as the continued revitalization of downtown Albany. (Through May, 2018)

Concinnitas Portfolio @ Mandeville Gallery, Schenectady. A portfolio of ten fine art aquatint prints featuring equations, expressions or formulas transcribed by ten notable mathematicians and physicists, in response to the prompt to record their ‘most beautiful mathematical expression.’ Each image was hand-drawn by each of the following participants: Sir Michael Atiyah, Enrico Bombieri, Simon K. Donaldson, Freeman Dyson, Murray Gell-Mann, Richard Karp, Peter Lax, David Mumford, Stephen Smale and Steven Weinberg. (Through August 2018)

Building 6 Grand Opening @ MASS MoCA, North Adams. MASS MoCA doubles in in size beginning May 28, with an all-day celebration featuring a members’ preview, a Soundsuit performance and a concert with veteran rockers CAKE. The galleries will feature long-term exhibits of works by Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Bourgeois, James Turrell, Jenny Holzer, Laurie Anderson and Gunnar Schonbeck. Additional artists to be shown in Building 6 include Spencer Finch, Dawn DeDeaux, Lonnie Holley, Mary Lum, Barbara Ernst Prey, Janice Kerbel, Joe Wardwell, Sarah Crowner, Richard Nonas and the Optics Division of the Metabolic Studio.