Benji at Studio Lacombe

Usually, Studio Lacombe, located in the Whalers Wharf at 237 Commercial St. in Provincetown, exhibits the work of Gaston Lacombe. But opening Friday, Aug. 6 and running through Aug. 16 is “Landscapes,” a show of paintings by Benji Weinryb Grohsgal. The 20 small acrylics in the show are semi-abstractions of lollipop trees and quasi-figurative forms. The colors are flat and punchy, the shapes lumpy and long — a graphic dream world of ambiguity and longing. “Through this work, Benji is trying to preserve his own moments of joy in the face of entropy,” says the gallery announcement. “In his mind, these are the last clumps of matter and memory as we approach the heat death of the universe.” There will be a reception on Friday, Aug. 6, from 7 to 9 p.m. The gallery is open Thursday through Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.