For Cretaceous, Nicolas Party’s sixth solo exhibition at The Modern Institute, the artist produced an exhibition occupying Aird’s Lane and the Bricks Space comprised of large pastels and intimately scaled oil-on-copper paintings displayed on freshly painted walls. Collectively, the pieces highlight changes in scale and focus, from sublime mountains and waterfalls to an intimate painting of a small baby. While they contain a variety of subject matters, Party imbues each work with a compelling timeless quality, speaking to the artist’s abiding concern with classical symbols and iconography.