‘Abstract Angularity’ Is on Exhibit at the Avram Gallery This Fall

The Avram Gallery at Stony Brook Southampton is currently hosting an exhibition highlighting the works of a gifted East End artist who lived at the intersection of music and visual art.

Abstract Angularity: The Artistry of Vincent Quatroche Sr. features artwork from the collection of the The Jazz Loft Archives and the personal collection of Jazz Loft founder, historian and Stony Brook Endowed Artist in Residence Tom Manuel.

Vincent Quatroche Sr. (1921-2011) was born on the South Fork of Long Island and ultimately settled on the North Fork. His father was a musician in an early jazz band on Long Island, and Quatroche's interactions with the band influenced him throughout his life. Many of his paintings show this musical influence in subject and action and are combined with a sophisticated use of color with cubist and abstract expressionist influences.

All the works in the exhibit were acquired directly from the artist's studio, courtesy of his widow, Edna Quatroche. The Jazz Loft has the largest collection of Quatroche works in existence, numbering just over 50 pieces, which are permanently on display in The Jazz Loft's main performance space, appropriately named, Club Q.

The exhibition will be on display at the Avram Gallery throughout the Fall 2025 semester, and is a collaboration of The Jazz Loft and the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center.

For more information, visit the Avram Gallery website.