Contributed by Elizabeth Johnson / As the British Museum celebrates the 230-foot-long by 20-inch Bayeux Tapestry, Ki Smith Gallery features “Places That Never Were,” Jim Sullivan’s extremely narrow imaginary landscapes. Displayed as a continuous frieze separated by small breaks, Sullivan’s paintings resemble Chinese handscrolls: long, portable paintings produced since the Jin Dynasty in the fourth century. Though these were generally viewed one section at a time and accompanied by commentary and poetry, the antique Asian format resonates in Sullivan’s compositions, which join vignettes of air, land, and sea by avoiding linear seams. Trimmed down to dimensions such as 3 x 36 and 6 x 96 inches, the paintings heighten an emotional connection to nature by suggesting the slimmest glimpse through a crack beneath a door.