At best, memories are distorted shadows of our lived experiences—a warped, piecemeal recording viewed through an inverted fisheye lens. Rather than struggle against this inevitable distortion to create a perfect record of the past, Jules Magnus and Eamon King embrace the flawed nature of recollection and communication. The resulting canvases are raw, emotional compositions that lean into the muck of it all, inviting you to enjoy the mess. Each of Magnus’ sapphiric paintings attempts to bring emotional clarity to complex past experiences. The tenuous nature of memory is underscored by the diaphanous quality of the canvas, as if the vivid blue forms could slip at any moment into the depths. Scattered throughout are simplistic forms of houses, ladders, and figures, each carrying their own baggage, unique to the artist and viewer alike. Through the meditative glowing composition and iconographic forms, we are invited not merely as passive bystanders of the artist's lived experience but to engage with our own memories and emotions in a shared exploration. While Magnus focuses on translating memory, emotion, and abstract thoughts onto the canvas, King’s latest body of work takes an inverse approach, elevating the tangible to the metaphysical. The canvases on view draw from utility symbols spray-painted onto streets and sidewalks—pragmatic hieroglyphics whose meanings often elude the average passerby. Rather than treating these symbols as static objects, King reinterprets them as “found actions.” These markings, dispersed across the urban landscape, represent traces of movement and technical knowledge, as well as indicators of future actions. Someone fluent in this visual code will later decode and act upon them, extending their significance beyond the present. King’s canvases resemble a game of telephone, where symbols journey from the mind of the construction worker into a concrete object, then into the artist’s mind and finally through a new set of hands. Though physically static, the canvases are records of movement and energy, exploring how meaning and language evolve, often unintentionally. Presenting these artists together invites us to explore the intricate interplay between mind and matter. Eamon King illustrates how tangible objects metamorphose in the mind, while Jules Magnus endeavors to translate abstract thought and memory into physical form. Amid this emotional journey, we are left grappling with what we truly know, how we come to know it, and why it matters. While neither artist offers a definitive answer, they invite us on the search—after all, it’s better with company. – Jane Taylor For more information ,visuals, or a priced checklist, please contact kaleidoscope.studios.bk@gmail.com