The world to come?

“WAR IN HEAVEN II: Battle for the Soul of the Planet” (carved poplar), by C.A. Stigliano, in the show with Sally B. Moore “Figuring Our World,’’ at Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, Mass., through Sept. 28.

The gallery says the show “holds a lens to the modern day and allows artists Moore and Stigliano to talk to each other about what is happening in the world around us right now. Both artists, who primarily use figure in their work, approach the topic in slightly different ways.

“Moore suggests the precariousness of the human predicament as we teeter on the brink of our own bad planning, seemingly unable to look forward or backward.

“Meanwhile, Stigliano tends to focus on the darker side of the contemporary world. His relief work, in particular, speaks not only of our current state of affairs, but of darker times to come.’’

"Encounter,'' by Sally B . Moore.