Odd creatures come out of the shadows in Dono's art

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Imagine cartoon robots that morph into Japanese shadow puppets,which in turn blend into those terrifying flying monkeys with themechanical wings from "The Wizard of Oz" and you get an idea of thecast of characters in "Civilization Oddness," Heri Dono'sinstallation now up at Walsh Gallery.

Dono is an Indonesian sculptor who works with radio and televisionrepairmen to build weird mechanical creatures out of fiberglass,bamboo, old circuitry, radio parts, carved wood and cast-off stuff.The figures that march across the gallery floor and hang from theceiling look variously like puppets, toys, dolls, carnival rides andgiant preserved moths. Some blink and …