Venus series XVII: Yes, many and beautiful things

78 x 39 / Mixed media, handmade paper collage / 2014

$9800.

“Expressing an acute awareness of the sculptural tradition through the deft handling of her own chosen media, Heebner brings out the real women still living within these ancient Venus figures. As UCSB professor Bruce Robertson writes in his essay for the exhibition catalogue, this “layer of transparent pink paper … gathers and folds like skin.” Cloaked in handmade paper skin and brought to life by the artist’s painterly touch, Venus emerges once more into the present. It’s a virtuoso performance, and one which Heebner’s teacher and mentor William Dole would very much have appreciated.” 

excerpt from a review by Charles Donelan