“Still Paradise Is Ours 2 (Hurricane)” by Silvia Rivas.

“Still, Paradise Is Ours (Igual el paraiso es nuestro)” is such a perfect exhibit for Miami, and not just because of the title. The Argentine artist, Silvia Rivas, whose solo show is up at Diana Lowenstein Gallery, has captured an idea, a dream, as well as a physical reality with her fascinating, small, multimedia sets placed around the gallery.

Each one reveals a little world that loosely revolves around an image, or concept of paradise, but one that is contained and in a way out of reach, and one that can be precarious The main aspect to each piece is LCD screens, each one with video of turquoise ocean, elegant pools and palm trees, surrounded by smooth stones and potted palm fronds, with a tiny fan blowing on them. A couple of miniature sets have wooden planks leaning against them.

“Little Assembled Paradise” by Rivas.

However, when you start visiting these little worlds, you see the video can be more ominous than first thought. One clearly implies a hurricane – those palm trees are no longer gently swaying in the breeze, but being bent by massive winds. And in one piece, a mesmerizing one, the interior of what remains of a room is being flooded by water.

Everything feels delicate and maybe not meant to last. Our beaches and usually clear blue ocean do look like these videos on most days, but we also know that rising sea levels will be something that interrupts our paradise, as will a hurricane, when pieces of wood and other debris will be also be part of the landscape. But, still…

Another room includes large, gorgeous digital photography from Rivas’ videos, the most stunning being one with blood-red flower petals floating in a slate-gray sky. It has a 3-D quality and also looks so ephemeral. A resident of Buenos Aires, Rivas has shown in numerous museums and won the Guggenheim Fellowship – but with all her global interactions, this paradise she has created seems to talk so intimately to Miami.

“Still, Paradise Is Ours” runs through March 28 at Diana Lowenstein Gallery, 2043 N. Miami Ave., Miami; 305-576-1804; www.dianalowensteingallery.com.