Ben Potter, Small Stand, Silver leaf and acrylic on panel, 2024

ENDURING TRUTHS

JOSEPHINE BURR BEN POTTER

With new artworks from Ingrid Ellison and highlights from the season..

Opening Reception, Sunday, September 22, 5 - 7PM

Opening Reception for 'Enduring Truths' featuring Ben Potter and Josephine Burr, the fifth show of the season and one in which the art reveals a kind of truth that transcends language, offering insight into the human experience through emotion, perspective, and creativity. Experience the quiet power of Josephine Burr's ceramic sculptures and Ben Potter's paintings as they communicate an elemental and refined beauty—grounded in the materials of the earth and the landscape. Sunday, September 22, 5 - 7PM, Everyone is welcome

Kenny Cole in the Project Space:

The Shroud Cycle; Why Are We Here?

The gallery is pleased to present Kenny Cole’s final presentation of the ‘Shroud Cycle,’ which explores the existential themes of human existence, war, and destruction. The series began with folded, ink-stained paper, from which Cole created vibrant, dynamic images of head-on views of missiles and familiar animals, such as dolphins and eagles, that serve as symbolic counterpoints for these pressing issues. A focal point of the Project Space is a 10-foot-tall working Jacob’s Ladder, a monumental sculptural piece that allows viewers to actively change the imagery by pulling a rope, triggering a clattering of parts and flipping the image back and forth. A central motif in the show is the head-on view of missiles, which flatten into circles, evoking cruciform imagery and symbolizing the impact of war. These works, especially the "Symmetrical Warfare" series, prompt viewers to confront the human toll of global conflicts, from the Middle East to other regions. As Cole writes, “My careening missiles, with their ‘head-on’ perspective aimed directly at the viewer, ask us to place ourselves in others’ shoes. I view this work as an activist aesthetic, with its underlying association to the Christian motif of martyrdom.”

On view through October 12