Cynthia Wings Gallery opens “Enduring Truths”with Sunday Opening

Join us for the opening reception of Enduring Truths, featuring Ben Potter and Josephine Burr. This is the fifth show of the season, where the art reveals truths that transcend language, offering a visual experience of ideals such as beauty and wonder. The artworks highlight values such as curiosity, balance, peace, and engagement—elements that shape the impact of art and serve to both reflect and inspire.

Experience the quiet power of Josephine Burr’s ceramic sculptures and Ben Potter’s paintings, which communicate a refined, elemental beauty. Reception Sunday, September 22, 5–7 PM. All are welcome

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. 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, surrounded by billowing smoke and symbolizing the impact of war. These works, especially the “Symmetrical Warfare” series, prompt viewers to confront the human toll of global conflicts. 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 indicating an activist aesthetic, with an underlying association to spiritual motifs and narratives, and questioning the value or purpose of war, death, destruction and the sacrifice of fellow humans, whether the conflicts are in the Middle East, Central Africa or any other location in our world.”On view through October 12