Artist's Talk: Julie Heffernan

Exhibition and Artist’s Talk by Painter Julie Hefferman in the Hillman-Jackson Gallery at Bard College at Simon’s Rock

Don't miss the solo exhibition, World without End, by New York artist Julie Heffernan from February 1st through March 24th in the Hillman-Jackson Gallery.  Heffernan will present an Artist’s Talk on Thursday, February 25^th at 6 p.m., followed by a reception. The Hillman-Jackson Gallery (Daniel Arts Center) is open to the public weekdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and weekends 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Heffernan works with oil on canvas to explore various levels of societal chaos, environmental catastrophes and humankind’s role as nature’s keeper. The figures are heroically determined to gather and collect elements of a world that is falling apart leaving only time to answer if, and when, the bag will drop.

Writer Rebecca Solnit has written about Heffernan’s works as a “new kind of history painting” which extends beyond the known traditions of landscape paintings.  All of these works remark on the nature of human society, the cycles of life and the possibilities of renewal through preservation of iconic treasures, traditions and cultures. Her paintings carry heavy histories of the past as they try to valiantly reshape the future.

Julie Heffernan was raised in Northern California and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.  She received a BFA at the University of California, Santa Cruz and a MFA form the Yale School of Art.  She is currently a professor at Montclair State University in New Jersey.  For more information about Heffernan’s work visit her website.