Hamptons 2016 Issue 5 David Salle

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Restaurant
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5 Enchanting
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Blue
One
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Tomas Maier
Nicole Miller
David Salle
Michael Symon
Life’s a
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Lauren Bernstein is a
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New York. From designer
profiles to backstage
beauty tips, her work has
appeared in numerous
publications, including
Harper’s Bazaar,
Glamour, and Marie
Claire. Bernstein talks
summer eyewear with
designer Tomas Maier in
“Glass Act.”
Why do you think
Tomas Maier’s pieces
fit so well in the
Hamptons? Tomas
Maier offers a 360-degree
summer lifestyle experience. You can outfit
yourself head-to-toe in
Hamptons style. What’s
on your agenda for the
summer? I’ll be spending a week out East for
vacation. I’m looking
forward to enjoying
relaxing weekday
Hamptons perks, like
outdoor movies in
Sag Harbor and Yoga in
the Vines at Wölffer
Estate Vineyard.
A regular fashion
contributor to Hamptons,
Lauren Finney is an
experienced stylist,
writer, and fashion
consultant who has
also contributed to
Cosmopolitan, Elle, and
Vogue. In this issue, she
chats with designer
Nicole Miller, celebrates
the 10th anniversary of
Blue One, and shows us
Everything But Water’s
newest capsule collection.
What defines
Hamptons style? The
Hamptons is all about
understated luxury:
neutrals and simple
silhouettes in luxurious
fabrics. Each hamlet
defines style in its own
way as a spin on this
general concept. I really
love the vibe of
Amagansett and how
laid-back it is. How
would you describe
your own personal
style? My personal style
is always evolving, but I
dress as if it’s an endless
summer. I’m currently
into bohemian styles—
loose cuts, prints, and
flat sandals.
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R. Couri Hay began his
career as one of the
original contributing
editors to Andy Warhol’s
Interview and went on to
write for Town & Country
and People. Hay sits down
with artist David Salle in
this issue’s “Social
Studies” column, “Taking
Care of Business.”
What has been the
highlight of your
summer thus far? Every
time I put the top down
on my white 1965
Mercedes 280 SE and
head out East, I feel free
in a way Uber cannot
replicate. What are your
essentials for a perfect
season? I can’t start the
summer without having a
half dozen pairs of white
jeans, 12 new linen shirts,
and six cases of Dom
Ruinart Blanc de Blancs
Champagne in my closet
and cellar.
Sag Harbor resident
Jessica Soffer has written
for The New York Times,
Martha Stewart Living,
and Real Simple, among
other publications. She
teaches fiction and food
writing at Connecticut
College and in Stony
Brook University’s MFA
program. In this issue of
Hamptons, Soffer visits
Hayley Thorpe’s chic
new Pilates studio in
Sag Harbor.
What are your favorite
wellness-based spots in
the Hamptons?
Wellness is an inner- and
outer-body endeavor for
me. So Norma Jean
Pilates and Heidi Fokine’s
Yoga in the Barn, plus
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SCENE
EVERYBODY ’s talking aBOut...
Taking
Care of
Business
photography by Costas piCadas
Artist DaviD Salle
mounts An exhibition of
eArly work Alongside
pieces by his friends of
40 yeArs eric fischl And
ross bleckner At the
pArrish Art museum in
wAter mill. By R. CouRi Hay
David Salle, Ross Bleckner,
and Eric Fischl met in the early
1970s as students at the
California Institute of the Arts.
Later, they all established
careers as influential painters
in New York at a time when
painting was considered to be
passé as an artistic medium. “I
was doing what one does,”
says Salle of his post-college
years. “You want to be a
painter, you come to New
York, and once you’re in New
York, you somehow, if you’re
lucky, eventually find your
way out to the Hamptons.”
Not only did these three
come of age in the art world at
the same time, they’ve also
lived parallel lives in a way.
And now, the Parrish Art
Museum is presenting their
work in a unified exhibition,
“Unfinished Business:
Paintings from the 1970s and
1980s by Ross Bleckner, Eric
Fischl and David Salle,”
opening July 31. “The idea of
competition doesn’t exist in
the same way that it might in
some other arena,” says Salle
of himself, Bleckner, and
Fischl. “We’re not competing
for the same role. We’re not
competing for the same îî
“There’s nothing
special or fancy about
what I do,” says David
Salle. “I have my
house, and my dog
on the beach, the
farmstands, and a
good book.”
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SCENE SOCIAL STUDIES
job. Everyone is really quite
singular and distinct, and
our work is quite distinct.”
Yet, in many ways, there
has been much similarity.
The three have ended up
living on the same street
more than once. “Ross was
on White Street early on,
and completely coincidentally, I was able to get a
building on the other end of
White Street in the early
’80s,” Salle recalls, adding
that Tribeca was a mecca
for artists at the time.
Later on, in the 1990s,
again completely by
coincidence, both Salle
and Bleckner owned homes
on Daniels Lane in
Sagaponack. “It was just
one of those funny things,”
says Salle, who suggests that
it’s due to their singular
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personalities that they’ve
remained friends all this
time. “Ross and Eric are
very witty, very funny,
humorous people, but in
very different and complementary ways,” he says.
“There’s a sense of humor
and sense of amusement—
or bemusement—that
underlies these last 40-some
years, which I think speaks
to the qualities, the personalities, of these men.”
Living in the Hamptons,
says Salle, is not a prime
factor in his work; his
affinity for the area is more
personal, more about
quality of life than quantity
of work. “The quality of
light matters if you’re a
landscape painter,” he says.
“Otherwise, I don’t think it
enters into the conversation
one way or the other. I mean,
the light, which everyone
experiences, is very pleasing,
but the idea of light mattering
to a painter would only be
true if you were a landscape
painter of a certain type.”
Salle does, however,
respect the legacy of the East
End, visiting the graves of
artists like Jackson Pollock,
Frank O’Hara, and Henry
Geldzahler at the Green
River Cemetery on occasion.
And the rest of his free time is
spent in a similarly low-key
fashion. “Obviously, good
paintings are being made all
over the world, so there’s no
monopoly on that here,” says
Salle. “It’s a place that works
for me... There’s nothing
special or fancy about what I
do. I have my house, and my
dog on the beach, the farmstands, and a good book.”
“Unfinished Business:
Paintings from the 1970s and
1980s by Ross Bleckner, Eric
Fischl and David Salle” runs
July 31–October 16 at the
Parrish Art Museum, 279
Montauk Hwy., Water Mill,
283-2118; parrishart.org.
.
David Salle’s early
works (clockwise
from top left):
Untitled, 1981;
The Trucks Bring
Things, 1984;
Fooling with Your
Hair, 1985.
photography by ColleCtion of brooke gassner © DaviD salle/liCenseD by vaga, new york, ny, Courtesy of skarsteDt, new york (untitled); gagosian
gallery, new york, ny © DaviD salle/liCenseD by vaga, new york, ny ColleCtion larry gagosian (the trucks bring things); private ColleCtion © DaviD
salle/liCenseD by vaga, new york, ny, Courtesy of skarsteDt, new york (fooling with your hair)
“You want to be a painter, You
come to new York, and if You’re
luckY, eventuallY find Your waY
out to the hamptons.”—david salle