Hera Gallery

Tomorrow night, Thursday June 20th at 7:00 pm,  Paul Forte will be hosting a gallery talk to discuss "Transformed Volumes: An Exhibition of Artist's Bookworks".  The gallery will be open from 6:00pm-8:00pm as well in order to view the exhibition beforehand. "Transformed Volumes attempts to make some distinctions between what are called “artist’s books,” and “artist’s bookworks.”   The interesting thing about both these art forms - something that supports my contention regarding the inverse relationship between “de-mediation” and “de-materialization” - is that both arise from Conceptual art.  Transformed Volumes makes a strong case for an emerging aesthetic founded upon what might be considered the remains of the traditional book while also showing that the iconic status of this seminal technology still has the power to engage the imagination." "Transformed Volumes" is a national exhibition featuring works by Douglas Beube of Brooklyn, NY, Claire...

CUBAN FILM SERIES THURSDAYS AT 7:00PM May 23 rd :     GALLERY TALK with curator, Iris Donnelly,  followed by Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up?   Facilitated by Jose Torrealba, organizer for many years of the  RI Latin American Film Festival " Will the real terrorist please stand up?   chronicles half a century of hostile US-Cuba relations.  By telling the story of the case of the Cuban five, intelligence agents sent to penetrate Cuban exile terrorist groups in Miami and now serving long prison sentences, the film highlights decades of assassinations and sabotage at first backed by Washington and then ignored by the very government that launched a “war against terrorism.” In the film, viewers see leading terrorists, now in their 80s, recounting their deeds, and Cuban state security officials explaining why they infiltrated agents into violent Miami exile groups." -http://realterrorist.wordpress.com/

Hera Gallery invites you to join us Saturday, May 4th, at 6:00pm for a Gallery Talk by Alexandra Broches on her current exhibit: The Garden. The exhibit which also features Michael Yefko: Repeat Repeat will run from April 6th to May 4th at our new location, 10 High Street, Wakefield, RI. Alexandra Broches: Gallery Talk May 4, 2013 6:00pm THE GARDEN As Alexandra Broches states, "I return in this exhibition to the garden as subject matter, turning from urban front yards, parks, cemeteries, memorials and other managed landscapes to a different point of view. With these photographs I consider what constitutes a garden and what the garden has meant at various times, how societies related to and live in nature. I am in awe of the ways people bring plants and the act of growing things into their lives for survival and pleasure, for spiritual and creative expression." Broches is a fine art photographer. She lives and maintains her studio in Wakefield, Rhode Island and has b...

Hera Gallery welcomes you to join us on Saturday, March 23rd at 2:00pm for a gallery talk by Associate Member, Troy West. West will discuss the inspiration for his work and his goal of a more sustainable future. AMERICAN HISTORY LESSON Mixed media on wood panel 2013 Artist Statement: I think of art making as honest work. Society needs it. Without art we are too materialistic. For me it is a source of fulfillment. I am a believer in emptying myself to become surrounded by an environment – to allow the ambience in. I do not preconceive before I work. I remain open to new  ideas and experiences from start to finish. With regard to my series of outdoor steel sculptures, the materials are gleaned from scrap yards and what the sea washes ashore and from debris people throw away, - society’s dregs. The work becomes a part of the landscape, and nature’s elements become part of the work. The adversarial relationship between man’s desires and nature’s needs fuels much of my work. In m...

Gallery Talk and Q & A Wednesday, September 19th 3:30 to 4:30pm Please join us Wednesday, September 19th from 3:30 to 4:30pm for an informal gallery talk and Q & A by our current exhibiting artists, Myron Rubenstein and Barbara Pagh.  Myron Rubenstein,  Heads Up , Intaglio, 2010 Myron Rubenstein Myron previously worked as a graphic designer, and created art for years with traditional media, with a focus on canvas, oil and mixed media.  Over the last few years he has embraced his digital skills, searching for the convergence of traditional painting, photography and the virtual world of computing. Incorporating today’s technology with traditional painting on canvas has led to a very personal form of computer generated art. He has most recently shown in the Candita Clayton Gallery in Pawtucket, RI. Rubenstein was awarded a 2012 RISCA project grant for his intaglio prints, which will be showcased in this exhibition.  Find out more about Rubenstei...