DIORAMAS ON DISPLAY: ARTISTS SHOW OFF MINIATURE WORLDS, BUT ARE THEY ANY MORE ‘ARTY’ THAN A WELL-MADE SCALE MODEL?

These small artistic pieces were shown at the Ronchini Gallery, London, and use figures and materials that you can pick up at most hobby stores. With creative imagination, the microscopic scenes are taken well beyond scenic representation, and into new worlds of expressive thought. Or are they? Are they really art, or just artistic woffle?