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Tim Wehrle, “Entrances of Old Man Winter 11 of 12,” 2007, colored pencil, graphite, collage on ledger paper, 61/8 by 8¼ inches.

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NEW YORK CITY — The Cavin-Morris Gallery celebrates winter with new works by Tim Wehrle. “Entrances of Old Man Winter” explores dream narratives that dance between the visionary experience, music and the politics of resisting marginalization. His new drawings unwrap the concept of a “Cold War” of the soul, in a new world where the artist-citizen is constantly acted upon by encroaching depersonalization but is able to resist and ultimately strike back using dreams, visions and art making.

Wehrle’s style is evolving, and is packed with metaphorical images and ideas. His works are contemporary illuminated manuscripts whereby the drawings having internalized the prose without sacrificing the narrative. Wehrle says he took it upon himself as an aesthetic exercise to make these drawings like hand colored prints, where the composition is similar but there are subtle differences in color and mood.

In the second part of the exhibition, the gallery features new work by gallery artists Mort Golub, Jerry Wagner, Chris Hipkiss, Kevin Sampson, Keith Goodhart, Agatha Wojciechowsky, Emery Blagdon and Sandra Sheehy. Works by Ed Nelson, who, on his land near Portland, Ore., gathered the earth from under the runners of landed flying saucers, and ground it into healing pigments he called “Stardust,” will be introduced. He uses the pigments to draw surreal and beautiful drawings of planetary events and the electromagnetic pulses of the earth. Some rare drawings, diagrams and maquettes by legendary artist-inventor John Sowell are also on view.

Cavin-Morris Gallery is at 210 Eleventh Avenue. For information, 212-226-3768 or www.cavinmorris.com.