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Ephemeral Systems is a group show of drawings by five contemporary artists: Nikki Brugnoli, Sarah Dolan, Mojdeh Rezaeipour, Adam Liam Rose and Blade Wynne. Through various ways of drawing, from building with pencil to eroding with sandpaper and wood burning, each of these artists examines some facet of the question: how is the world built and where does one belong? This is at different turns a question about human-built systems of architecture, power, identity, and relationships, as well as about nature and impermanence.

Each artist considers what at first seems to be an enduring system or …