In Maisterra’s ‘Passing Through the Body,’ aged is the centerfold

Spanish artist Narciso Maisterra has pursued many forms and styles in his 50-year career, but the work in “Passing Through the Body Without Staying” doesn’t simply display his latest phase. The exhibition of masterly pastels, at Hillyer Art Space, documents his return to making art after an illness that left him both weakened and transformed. After regaining use of his right arm, Maisterra began a series of drawings that depict his altered, somewhat droopy visage. These are co...