In the first "Duino Elegy," Rilke asked who would hear him if called out. He knew that in order to truly recognize beauty, one had to also acknowledge the existence of terror. It is this duality that is inherent in the works in this exhibition. It is a duality which is central to our perceptions, whether we recognize it or not. These artists believe there is more to the world than the eye can see. The proof they offer us, "a terrible beauty" as Yeats called it, is in their art.

Although Arthur Goldberg has been collecting art with the true dedication of an "art addict" for over twenty years, only recently has he (following a trip to Peggy Guggenheim's surrealist dominated collection in Venice) recognized the prevalence of fantasy and illusion in his own collection of representational and figurative art.