Dramatic license

Detail from “Puppet Master,’’ by B. Lynch, in her show “Little Dramas,’’ at the Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Mass., through Jan. 11.

The museum says:

“Lynch has been working on this series for 13 years, and throughout, current events have shaped the way her creations develop and relate to one another. Her figures are darkly humorous, and slightly disarming, as using puppets to tell a story creates detachment in the viewer.  The Reds exist in a fixed space, while her Grays hover in a somewhat vague past or future dystopia.  These puppets are not meant to look realistic, they are playful and often a bit ridiculous; consequently, they ease the delivery of a difficult yet urgent contemporary message.’’