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Life Is a Comic Strip

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Published on November 11, 2004

Seeming to hover between the present and the past, the images exude a melancholic eeriness. Soria's forest reconstructions evince a Romantic touch that both attracts and repels. From German artist Caspar Friedrich to Robert Schumann to Keats, the forest was one of Romanticism's favorite symbols. They didn't see Nature as ordered but rather as chaotic, anthropomorphic, and feminine, something more in tune with Soria's intention. After seeing these pieces, I thought of Percy Shelley's verse: "The frozen wind crept on above/The freezing stream below./There was no leaf upon the forest bare/No flower upon the ground,/And little motion in the air."

“Monster” Drawings by Victor Muñiz. Through November 20. Leonard Tachmes Gallery, 817 NE 125th St., North Miami. 305-895-1030.

“Pixie” and “There’s Nothing Wrong with Being Beautiful” Works by Annie Wharton and Pablo Soria. Through November 24, Ambrosino Gallery, 769 NE 125th St, North Miami. 305-891-5577, www.ambrosinogallery.com.

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