Summary
Michael Heffernan's three 12-by-14-inch collages of a foundering sailboat convey an ironically playful narrative. Their titles are "Disaster at Sea - High Seas"; "Disaster at Sea - Breaking Up"; and "To the Depths." The sails of Heffernan's geometric, childlike boats are made from snippets of a picture of "The Raft of the Medusa," an epic disaster-at-sea masterpiece by Théodore Géricault (1791-1824). Heffernan flat patterning for waves and sky appear in festive aqua, light blues and orange. His astute use of the Géricault lends the images a dire yet satiric edge.
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Staying Afloat
Staying Afloat
EXHIBIT"The Boat Show," a thematic group exhibit in multiple media. Main Floor Gallery, Studio Place Arts, Barre. Through April 12.ARTWORK"Between Earth and Water" by Janet Frederic...See the full content of this document
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