While the concept of white as a color is frequently debated, the facts boil down to this: When white is light, it is a combination of all colors, visible when projected through a prism or a nice big diamond; when white is pigment, it's the absence of all color (with black being the presence of all colors). White as pigment and light not only appears in nature, of course, but has also attached to it a host of Western cultural perceptions: purity and cleanliness and its subsequent domination of the bridal and angel's-robe industry. In some Eastern cultures, however, white represents death and mourning, something that could await a traveler stranded in Egypt's lifeless white-sand deserts. In SCAPE Gallery's new show, "Lux: Variations On a White Theme," both types of white are on display in artworks that contain echoes and outlines of the multidimensional worlds represented by... More >>>