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Mark Perlman’s "A Study in Contrasts" is the first time the artist has exhibited two separate bodies of his encaustic works together. For most of his career Perlman has been equally interested in working with both the contrasts of light and surface—metaphorically and with respect to the physicality of the paintings. For the past 12 months he has worked simultaneously on both bodies of art, moving from wall to wall, shifting from light to dark, primarily concerned with illumination and how the pieces interact. In these works, Perlman is pursuing the contrasting elements of flatness …