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About the Exhibitions

Hera Gallery presents the solo exhibitions of Gallery Artists Claudia Flynn and Barbara Pagh from July 16 through August 20, 2005. The public is invited to meet the artists at the opening reception on Saturday, July 16, from 6 - 8 p.m.

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About the Artists

Claudia Flynn employs alchemical combinations of organic materials such as cast iron, horse hair, animal teeth, and volcanic rock to create three-dimensional and two-dimensional works that address metaphysics, gender, social justice, and the boundaries between artistic creativity and mental illness. Worn patinas and dry natural materials lend their history to her work. Flynn's recurring motif is the self-portrait. Her archetypal self-representations, at times autobiographical, speak wisely to the human condition.

Barbara Pagh creates a paper environment of images and forms relating to natural cycles. Hanging from the ceiling are stitched sheets of flax or abaca (both flax and abaca are plants whose fibers are used to make the paper) with imagery showing the gradual transition of fiddlehead ferns from tight spirals emerging from the ground to full fronds. Three-dimensional forms resembling pods or vessels made from flax are scattered on the floor. The sequence of ferns and the pods are symbols for potential, growth and change. The installation is not a representational space but one that evokes the feeling of entering a natural environment surrounded by trees and plants and calls for contemplation.

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About the Gallery

Hera Gallery is an artist-run cooperative gallery and community art educational center located in historic downtown Wakefield, Rhode Island. Our goal is to bring our community contemporary visual arts programming including exhibitions, presentations, lectures and readings.

This program is supported in part by The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, The Friends of Hera. and the Hera Educational Foundation.

All Hera programs are free and open to the public. The gallery is accessible to persons with disabilities. Free parking is available. Call 401-789-1488 for more information.

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