Work ethic

‘‘Well, while I'm here, I'll do the work’’ (ALEPH) (acrylic/rag paper), by Tasha Robbins. (Photo by James Stark.) This is in her show “Malachim, Coming Out of Darkness,’’ at the Hampden Gallery at University of Massachusetts at Amherst.The gallery s…

‘‘Well, while I'm here, I'll do the work’’ (ALEPH) (acrylic/rag paper), by Tasha Robbins. (Photo by James Stark.) This is in her show Malachim, Coming Out of Darkness,’’ at the Hampden Gallery at University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

The gallery says that Robbins's work is “an abecedarian adventure in paint and a personal meditation on the letters of the Hebrew Alphabet.’’