Art review: 'Trompe L'oeil: False Documents & Other Illusions'

By ANNIE LARMON | November 3, 2010

From Molly Springfield's media-twisting documents that make permanent the disposable, to Duncan Hewitt's Zen-like composition of inner-tube sculptures, the 32 works in "False Documents" each provide an engaging reason to pay heed to what is easily overlooked.

Annie Larmon can be reached ataglarmon@gmail.com.

"TROMPE L'OEIL: FALSE DOCUMENTS & OTHER ILLUSIONS" | through January 2, 2011 | at the Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland | 207.775.6148

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