The Ticket: What’s happening this week in the arts world

The Boston Globe JULY 14, 2017

Galleries

INHABITING WORDS When artists use language, they heighten it with material substance. In this group show, artists spin poems, quote mythology, implement alchemical recipes, and write letters to uncork the possibilities of text beyond the page. Through Aug. 11. Concord Center for the Visual Arts, 37 Lexington Road, Concord. 978-369-2578, www.concordart.org

BREATHE. PAUSE. BREATHE. Part Rube Goldberg, part Victor Frankenstein, artist Clive Moloney built a kinetic installation of inflatable latex sculptures. Animated by a bellows, they breathe, sag, swell, take organic shapes, and move along conveyor belts. Through July 30. Contemporary Arts International, 68 Quarry Road, Acton. 617-699-6401, www.contemporaryartsinternational.org

THOMAS LYON MILLS: THE CATACOMBS Mills begins his paintings at ancient sites: Byzantine caves, Italian catacombs. He returns to his studio and, over years, integrates dream imagery into the paintings, joining his own unconscious with the subterranean consciousness of world history. Through Aug. 18. Rafius Fane Gallery, 460 Harrison Ave. 508-843-2184, www.rafiusfanegallery.com

CATE McQUAID