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Love [ME] Tender

This series of intimate photographs has been a long time coming... it was my sister who was the pretty one... the thin one... the smart one... I grew up in her shadow... I was her little sister... never quite matching up to her, never able to be mom's favorite... These are painful thoughts, years of feeling self-loathing... today I took these photos of myself with... more

Mary Bogdan | Paintings, Assemblages, Prints

A comprehensive 76 page retrospective of selected works by painter and assemblage artist Mary Bogdan, featuring 140 works of art, including combine paintings, works on paper, assemblages and limited edition prints. In the best tradition of the works of Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol... "Gleaning is a process of survival for Mary. She illuminates a period in her private life after rummaging though the public lives around all of us and creates timeless objects... more

Mary Bogdan | Madonna & Child or Re-parenting my Inner Child

Mary Bogdan’s works deal with the theme of change or the hope of change. The artist addresses the issue of personal evolution in her own unique way through her encounter with the creative process. Within the moments of incidental illuminations that occur along the way, she discovers hope for metamorphosis, leading to... more