During the First Friday gallery cruise opening Friday, Sept. 2, at VALISE Gallery, there will be a two-person show by local artists Gregory Burnham and Bill Jarcho, “What the Hell’s Going on Here?!”

The show is being billed as a collection of “abstractions, oddball whimsy, fallen arches, escape velocity and colorful children’s book art.”

According to Jarcho, the show has been in the making for a year.

“I’m quite proud of what I’ve done and of course, want to show it off,” said Jarcho. “I also love Greg’s work and think we are the perfect pair of weirdos to have a show together.”

Jarcho’s work in the show includes 14 illustrations and poems from a children’s book, as yet unpublished, that he has been working on for a year. Jarcho describes his other work in the show as “off-the-wall sculptures and patented psychedelic 3D boxes.”

Burnham’s work stretches from two-inch paintings to 20-foot-tall bamboo sculptures.

“In this show, you’ll encounter Mickey Mantle, busted vinyl, lots of language, Adam and Eve on Mars, souped-up keyboards, a messy Periodic kitchen table and scenarios that crackle and sizzle with wacko humor,” Burnham said. “Oil, acrylic, photographs, and mixed media collage are the vehicle, and you are the passenger.”