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Leiber
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“The Village of Self Denila” by Gerson Leiber
weaves improvisation into the compositions. It’s a fitting choice for the project, which deconstructs buildings into basic, clichéd shapes – triangles for roofs, rectangles for windows, etc. – because it mirrors the freedom children have when they do the same thing. Whereas children’s motor skills haven’t developed enough to create an accurate rendering of a house, Leiber’s medium imposes its own ideas on what the finished product should look like. In pieces like “The Village of Self Denial” and “A Thriving Market Town” the play between Leiber’s masterful compositional sense and the watercolor paint’s willfulness is evident. In speaking with Leiber, he said he works from all different types of East End architecture, even “McMansions.” He finds these structures interesting because in a way they do his work for him, presenting viewers with a jumble of recognizable house parts in impossible configurations. He said his favorite structure will always be the traditional New England
saltbox shape, though. In regards to architecture and beyond, Leiber has seen a lot of change in his 50 years on the East End. Though, according to Berman’s essay, his titles are often absurd, thought of separately from the work and assigned randomly, Leiber admitted in an interview that some titles have significance. Perhaps the most expressive piece in the show is a colorful, violent painting titled “South Fork Summer.” In this piece, Leiber allows the gouache to take over, bleeding into and out of his barely recognizable structures. When asked about the violence of this piece, he said, “Yes, well, isn’t it?” Barnet and Leiber both present series that attempt to reveal something eternal. Barnet’s prints convey something pulsing and alive about the various moods nature adorns, something early Americans must have sensed two millennia ago. Leiber transforms unique houses into every house. Through an atmospheric type of Cubism, he presents viewers with a version of shelter that everyone has drawn and everyone can recognize. When asked whether he thought the mission of visual art had changed in 50 years, Leiber said, “What mission? The mission of art has always been to make a good picture.” The Leiber Museum is located at 446 Old Stone Highway in the Springs area of East Hampton and is open Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. The exhibition is on display through September 7. Call 631-329-3288 for more information.
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Ljungberg, Creative Director & (according to her business card) “Proud Owner” of c/o Hotels, LLC. Born to a family of real estate developers and hoteliers, Ljungberg moved to the U.S. in January 2007 to start a new hotel in New York City. But according to this energetic woman who could be mistaken for a motivational speaker, “My strategic advisor told me about this” —“this” being the Maidstone. Ljungberg wanted Manhattan, but after reviewing the property and demographics of the Hamptons, she was convinced the Maidstone was the right undertaking for her c/o Hotels brand. “We look for historic buildings,” she said. “All of our hotels are old — maybe 300 years. I really like preserving when I can do something with it.” Ljungberg calls her projects “lifestyle” hotels. The concept includes providing guests with amenities that fit their specific needs and current lifestyle trends. This ranges from providing the expected like WiFi, to building in an ecofriendly style. Copious amounts of insulation were added and window and doors replaced to make the old Maidstone more energy efficient. Beyond that, restricted by East Hampton zoning and building codes, Ljungberg’s transformation moves indoors. “I can’t do anything on the outside,” she said, “so I needed to be innovative on the inside.” While dramatic changes have been made to guestrooms in the Inn, most visitors to the Maidstone will experience the transformation (continued on next page)
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