Contributed by Marcy Rosewater / “Cautionary Tales,” a retrospective of works on paper by artist Harvey Weiss, is located in Holden House, a grand old mansion in historic Newburgh, New York, now restored and hosting occasional art exhibitions. Both the work and the house beckon melancholic remembrances. The show comprises paintings, drawings, and collaged and manipulated magazine pages and photographs, spans almost 40 years, and presents twelve distinct series. Each begins with a familiar image that undergoes a transformation revealing the artist’s emotional, physical, conceptual, and spiritual processing, yielding a narrative duet between what is seen and what is felt.