Voices of Change: The David and Janet Peoples Collection

STATEMENT
Heffernon's sculptures feature humanoids, mutants, crypto-animals, dogs, cats, and people from the history of art. Much of his work is, in a sense, conceptual, but it is a visually realized concept. I do the work for the viewer, and the viewer can add or subtract, get it or like it or not. But I'm also dedicated to making purely visual discoveries. There is an allure to trying to understanding how the human brain sees--that is, makes an image of an image in the brain. Or are images only in the brain, with no objective form? I hold an odd faith that a truly original marriage of art and science can make a new contribution to that understanding.
Finally, there is psychological impact. In this day and age, the pure physical presence of a work of art is easily shattered into digital fragments posing as the whole. Witness this web site. But the in-person experiencing of art is a different animal than the virtual experience. Physical presence takes up real space that you can walk up to and co-occupy. Strong art, like a glance at the sun, casts an afterimage, a ghost memory that burns indefinitely in your mind. This process happens most powerfully in person. But for side-long glimpses at what an artists does, I suppose a web site is fine.

https://geraldheffernon.przm.com/index.php

VIDEO INTERVIEW:
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=456555862078806

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Solo Exhibitions

2010 Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, California
2008 Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, California2006 Pence Gallery, New Paintings, Davis, California
2004 Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
2000 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
1997 California State University, Fullerton, California

1994 Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, California
1992 Ecole d'Art, Aix-en-Provence, France
1991 John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, California
1990 Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, California
1989 Coyote Gallery, Butte College, Oroville, California
1988 Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, California
1986 Joseph Chowning Gallery, San Francisco, California
1980 Cares Gallery, Chicago, Illinois