The current group show at Spalding Nix Fine Art feels like a very post-COVID-19 exhalation of breath and longing for something bright and hopeful. The exhibition titled “Properties of Being” is inspired by that philosophical concept of beauty, truth and goodness contained in all beings.

“Properties of Being” features four Southern-based artists — Susan Hable, Laura Dargan, Sachi Rome and Zhou Peng. But the majority of space is given over to Athens-based artist Hable whose cut-paper collages, paintings and sculptures certainly embody the show’s spirit of cheerful optimism. Unapologetically sunny, the work conjures up Picasso’s modernist lithographs mashed up with a cheerful Lilly Pulitzer print.

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