Lessons Learned

Through May 7, free, Mew Gallery, 906 Christian St., 215-625-2424, mewgallery.org.

by Holly Otterbein

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Published: Apr 28, 2009

visual art

Calling Lea D. Sorrentino's illustrations "cute" doesn't offend her. "That's what I'm going for — my art is about my mother's death, as seen through a child's eyes." Rendered in a comic style, her images in "Lessons Learned: New Artwork About Old Things" lure the viewer in with candy colors and adorable, cat-eyed girls. But what seems benign will haunt you — in the titular work, tiny pictures of her mother dance in Lea's head. With the artist's lips pursed and eyes staring straight ahead, you know the death still consumes her.

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