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09/08/2009

The Farm: Opening September 11, 6:00 - 9:00pm

This show of Bridget Bolger's paintings is inspired by a mid 1950’s auction catalog depicting the buildings and their insurance values comprising Her Grandparent’s Farm. The imagery  of the vacant home and surrounding barns invokes an almost forlorn nature as their past lives are reflected in the worn surfaces of the buildings and the land.

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