But as Laguna Art Museum’s new exhibit, “Black and White: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation” demonstrates, black and white can contain multiplicities.

"Shades of Black and White," featured in the downstairs exhibition space at The Gallery at City Market through the end of December, showcases 30 original works by nearly a dozen local artists.

Along with some 100 images of everyday objects and scenes, “Point Blank” will include vignettes by the writers Lucy Sante and ...