The Dichotomy of Life by Joe Aker – FREE Art Opening!!

In this art exhibit you will see beautiful images of people. However, step closer and you will see that these people are made up of smaller images that represent the burden of life’s challenges. These individuals carry with them the burdens of life’s challenges. These images reflect the challenges of life today: greed, hate, war, genocide, atrocities, and consumerism.

In a sense, the beauty of the images from a distance conceals those things that disrupt our peace and challenge our compassion and love. Hopefully, the viewer transitions from this external troubled world into a place of being able to reassess and reflect upon the things they have experienced and to acknowledge that these troubles are still out there. And to ask, can we change and strive for love, regardless of the specifics of our problems and religious beliefs.

The doors in the show are symbols reflecting the quote by Alexander Graham Bell; “When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the ones which open for us.”

On view 2/19/25 – 3/29/25

If we look at these art works and reflect on the troubles each of these image’s show, as we suffer daily news reports reminding us that our world is imperfect, we can leave here, reflective, and refreshed and prepared to open a new door.

The show consists of large images printed on Silk (40” x 58”)