The M Fine Arts team is off to the Hamptons! We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be returning to the Art Market Hamptons for the East End’s premier annual art fair. Headed to the Hamptons August 11th through 14th? Come by the pavilion and see us along with 90 other galleries showing some of the top vanguards in modern and contemporary art. A cultural spectacle for twelve years, the art fair serves as a forum for collectors, designers, dealers, and artists, as well as an adventurous day out for the avid art-appreciator.
M Fine Arts plans to present six of our artists, Anne Leone, Stéphane Joannes, Mark Knoezer, Beth Carter, Franco Salas-Borquez, and Philippe Charles Jacquet. Their work really celebrates the coastal summer spirit of the Hamptons with their playful marine themes and nautical motifs. Keep reading for a deeper “dive” into these artists and the art fair!
Anne Leone is an L.A. native but now splits her time between Berkley, Massachusetts, and Brooklyn, New York. She produces eye-catching hyper-realistic paintings of swimmers, as though looking at them from under the water. Leone deftly captures the water’s refractions and reflective properties, rendering work almost evocative of photography. Her interest in the expressivity and litheness of forms in the water felt perfect for a carefree weekend on the Long Island shoreline.
Corazón del Paraiso #14, acrylic on linen, 60 x 74in.
Like Leone, Chilean-born artist Franco Salas-Borquez also features water prominently is his work. Perfect for a beach-front art show, Salas-Borquez’s wave paintings will also make an appearance at our booth in the Hamptons. From far away, one might mistake these works for large-scale photographs, but they are actually oil paintings. His keen eye for mimicking how water moves and rendering it onto canvas is truly spectacular, and the resulting pieces work perfectly in the modern art-lover’s space.
l'horizon perdu, oil on canvas, 75 x 78in.
We also plan to show work by contemporary French artist, Stéphane Joannes. Joannes’ large oil paintings on canvas depict nearly-abstracted cargo tankers at sea. He draws on the ships’ vast horizontality and employs bright dynamic hues to produce compositions comparable to abstract color fields. The clear connections to water and global commerce made Joannes a perfect fit for the fair.
Tanker 30 (triptych), Oil, bitumen and glycerin on canvas, 39.25 x 118in.
Alongside Joannes’ Tankers, we’ll be showing one of Beth Carter’s sculptural masterpieces: Giant Minotaur II. Standing at over six-and-a-half feet tall and cast in bronze, the Minotaur will act as one of the more sizable pieces in the show, but is nonetheless exemplary of Carter’s oeuvre. Carter works exclusively in bronze, and is primarily interested in hybridity and mutability as subject matter. Like the Minotaur, many of her works feature animal-human amalgamations, often lost in a moment of quiet contemplation. Their soft, almost melancholy gazes evoke a sort of pathos in the viewer, reminding us they might be more human than animal after all. Come check out more of Carter’s work here.
Giant Minotaur II, bronze (with steel base), 78.75 x 25 x 24in.
Mark Knoezer, a Hudson-River-Valley-based artist, will also be showing with us in the Hamptons. Knoezer is best known for his striking wooden wall sculptures that combine oil, acrylic, and epoxy to produce stunning abstract works. His extensive layering of pigment produces vibrant concentric circles, honoring symmetry, color, and dynamism. Their unique visual language speaks to the forward-thinking contemporary minds a part of this event! See more of them here.
Splendor, oil, acrylic and epoxy on wood, 62in. diameter
Last but not least, we’ll also be showing pieces by artist, Philippe Charles Jacquet. His ethereal seascapes depict the French coasts in Brittany, France. Combining fantasy and reality, these works celebrate the ever-changing waters of the region and emanate a beachy coolness perfect for the Hamptons’ affair. Check them out at the Art Market in August, or in our Boston gallery.
le maitre de mon monde, oil on panel, 47 x 23.5in.
We hope to see you there! For more information on the Art Market such as ticketing, location, or COVID protocol, visit their website.
M Fine Arts at the Art Market Hamptons | August 11-14
Location:
Nova's Ark Project & Sculpture Park
60 Millstone Road
Water Mill, NY 11976