In the galleries: Taking flight

Flying has become a routine activity for humans, and yet it never can be. Every defiance of gravity carries perils, and fliers who have become accustomed to intercontinental hops now plan risky courses for Mars and beyond. Not that they will get there in the conveyances on display in Cross MacKenzie Gallery's "Blast Off! Dreams of Men in Flight." Of the works in this group show, only the panoramic view of Burning Man's array of blue-shadowed private airplanes shows the ability to fly. It gazes d...