Corine Vermeulen-Smith: Dioramas

Confusion is an apt reaction to transplanted Dutch photographer Corine Vermeulen-Smith's current show, Dioramas. A cursory look through the MONA's window suggests nicely rendered, colorful photographs of ethereal landscapes. Go inside for a closer look and these presumptions prove less than entirely true. Something is visibly awkward about these vistas of Detroit's urban prairies, farms and the like. You begin to notice the landscape is actually a painting, at least in the background. The foreground isn't a painting, however; the trees, lily pads and foliage seem real enough as they gradually give way to the similar scene depicted in the painting. And they're not real either. What is going on here? Something well worth seeing for yourself. At the Museum of New Art, 7 N. Saginaw, Pontiac; 248-210-7560; exhibit runs through Nov. 22.

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