'Physical truth into ephemera'

“Long Distance” (oil on canvas), by Iwalani Kaluiokalani, in her show “Magic,’’ at Galatea Fine Art, Boston, March 4-29.

The gallery says:

“Through movement and interaction, something beyond emerges in these paintings. Whether we call this connection, integration, or even divinity, we discover which both moves within and the boundaries of our perception. In these paintings, the artist has uncovered an embodied state of impossibility we could call magic. Magic is, in a deep sense the union of the impossible with actually seeing something that cannot be, yet is. These kaleidoscopic, repeated, rhythmic images exemplify the translation of physical truth into ephemera. The junction of what is and is not, through body and image, calls forth M A G I C.’’