But only for a while

“Sheltered’’ (lithograph), by Somerville, Mass.-based artist Carolyn Muskat, in her lithograph show “Moving Forward, Looking Back,’’ at Nesto Gallery, Milton, Mass., through April 6.

— Photo courtesy of the artist

The gallery says: “The interweaving lines and selective use of color in Muskat's work give a sense of deliberate intention in every piece she creates. The piece above uses what could be bright red twigs or branches to stand against a never-ending expanse.’’

The historic G.H. Bent factory, in Milton.

‘Celebration and suspicion’

"Star Trail Dancer," by Scot J. Wittman, in his show, “Justice,’’ at Nesto Gallery at Milton Academy, Milton, Mass., through Feb. 11.

The gallery says that the multi-faceted exhibition seeks to achieve Wittman's goal, in his words, of "[shining] light on shifting human capability and its global impact," with "equal parts celebration and suspicion."

‘‘Justice’’ uses photography, digital artwork, NFTs, drawing, sculpture and painting to create a varied but deep exhibition.

The Suffolk Resolves House, in Milton, where American colonists tried to establish negotiations with the British Empire in 1774 to avert war. It was one of the meetings that laid the groundwork for the Declaration of Independence.

— Photo by Daderot

Pushing back against gentrification of Boston's Chinatown

“Two Sisters’’ (oil on reprographics on wood), by Wen-Ti Tsen, in his show “Mister,’’ at Milton Academy’s Nesto Gallery, in Milton, Mass., through Feb. 22.

The show focuses on his series “Home Town: Re-presenting {Boston’s} Chinatown as a Place of People’'. The artist is known for addressing such topics as migration, identity and politics, and “Home Town’’ is no exception. The series is a visual pushback against the gentrification of Chinatown, drawing attention to the part of Chinatown that matters most to him: its people.

'Shattered by violence'

 

"Dirty Water'' (bas relief), by ELAINE SPATZ-RABINOWITZ,  in the show  ''Locations Unknown II,'' at  the Nesto Gallery, Milton, Mass., through Feb. 27.

The gallery notes say the show, which includes her most recent collections of drawing and bas reliefs,  "captures worlds shattered by violence whose roots are steeped in our collective visual memory of deadly events, as witnessed by photos in the news.''

Always near the breaking point

 

"Conundrum'' (black and white tape on paper), by DEBRA WEISBERG, in the ''Somatic (e)Scapes show,'' at Nesto Gallery, Milton, Mass.

Her works, says the gallery, ''are inspired by the delicate tension between chaos and order in nature''.