III

Seen in three dimensions, that is, as slides, the drawings are startling. The illusion of depth gives them extra conviction, as If they are indeed shorts from a movie. The film could only be the endless metamorphoses of men & beasts, a recurring dream of possibilities, a series of life-dramas played out to the the rules of a naughty god, always ready to risk his hand in the hope of one more new combination. It is hardly fantastic, it is perhaps even a little trite, to suggest that Franken's intention in delivering these shots is to make us look again, to persuade us to encorporate or allow for the distortions in out ordinary vision..