Ashes, Snow and Something for Everyone

Seeing Gregory Colbert’s “Ashes and Snow” has been described, somewhat one-dimensionally, as a religious experience. On the outset, it is: ethereal photographs, a new age soundtrack, mythical beasts and sari-wrapped women, a dramatic cathedralesque setting. But seeing it with 40 members of the Los Angeles creative community, who gravitated instantly to the show’s specific technical triumphs, highlighted the multiple ways the exhibition succeeds.