Michel Paysant’s nanoscopic works – you have to see it to believe it.

It is frankly impossible to describe what you will see when looking at the artworks of Michel Paysant at the Lelia Mordoch gallery in Wynwood. It is at once so esoteric and also historically universal that the right words don’t really exist. But here’s an attempt.

After the main screen computer is turned on and booted up, you start to delve into art and its history from various cultures from across the globe. Manually you pull up replicas of artworks, many of which reside in Paris’ Louvre museum, by touching points on the screen. What you activate are called nanoscopic and microscopic images, made from specks of gold and in “electronic beam lithography,” only visible thanks to the computer-generated enhancement. Got it? Probably not.

Paysant’s “OnLab” is described as a research project, produced by l’Institut Français, first for the Louvre itself (the exhibit was there back in 2010); his biography describes him as a specialist in the electronic properties of nanostructures for semiconductors. Now you get it? Again, probably not.

Here, Paysant takes us on a journey from the physically miniscule to the vast expanse of history. For instance, he has re-created artworks and sculptures from the ancient Middle East – Hammurabi and his code, Mesopotamian gods – that in the past you could only see by looking through a hyper-powerful microscope (that’s how small the replicas are), but today we can see on the computer screen. For many of the works, you can press on the button for the golden bronzed image, and a separate button also for the origins of it, or the dimensions of the original. There is also a self-portrait of the artist, and a magnificent replica of a tattooed Maori mask; 48 pieces in all.

Naturally, a sound-art piece augments the bizarre and super cool experience. But again, words can’t really let you in to this little world, it has to be experienced.

“OnLab” runs through Jan. 25 at the Lelia Mordoch Gallery, 2300 N. Miami Ave., Wynwood; www.galerieleliamordoch.com.