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Cosmos, 2000 Two of Kline���s works deal with Frankenstein, the story of a man-made man. Dream of Mary Shelley (1999) which refers to the tale���s author, is of bronze turned bright vegetal green. In form it is like a cabbage deliquescing, a round ambiguous object that appears neither ���natural��� nor man-made. At its center are overlapping leaves. Mary Shelley wrote (gave birth) to a monster, Frankenstein; Kline is dreaming (and recreating) this myth of unnatural genesis. Eleven years later, in ���Bride of Frankenstein,��� Kline revisits the story with another round, or rather ovoid work, in white encaustic on panel. Concentric ridges work their way towards a central inner sanctum; the sexual symbolism is again inescapable. In this more mature work, Kline has conceived a mate for Frankenstein of tight concentric circles. The word ���dream��� recurs in Kline���s titles, providing a subterranean path through his cryptic works. Dream of Betsy HYLAND

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