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Arch Enemy Arts presents FOOL’S GAMBIT, an exciting exhibition of 32 paintings by Seattle-based artist Erich J. Moffitt. Stylistically rendered atop real, artisanal chess sets, with each painting recreating each of the thirty-two chess pieces from the chess board. Pawns, bishops, rooks, and knights are all recast as classic animal characters, saturated with the same magic, fantasy, and romantic symbolism for which Moffitt’s work is known.

Unique to this series is the surface of Moffitt’s work. Moffitt cleverly uses the object of the chess board for both narrative inspiration and material …