Mary Heebner, Venus II (Poetry is pure white), 2013
Mixed media collage on Torinoko Natural paper, with fragments of photo-based print, rag, and handmade paper, 78 x 38 1/2 in. (198.1 x 97.8 cm)
Graffiti in piece are the first lines of a Pablo Neruda poem. Image Source: Roman Leda from San Antonio Museum of Art.
MH124
Mary Heebner, Venus III (One with violets in her lap), 2013
Mixed media collage on Torinoko natural paper, with fragments of photo-based print, rag and handmade paper including rose tinted gampi paper, 78 x 38 1/2 in. (198.1 x 97.8 cm)
Image Source: Small Roman Venus from Museo Arte Romano, Mérida, Spain
MH125
Mary Heebner, Venus IV (Into desire I shall come), 2013
Mixed media collage on Torinoko natural paper, with fragments of photo-based print, rag and handmade paper including ochre pigmented flax paper, 78 x 38 1/2 in. (198.1 x 97.8 cm)
Graffiti in piece are from Fragment Sappho.
MH126
Mary Heebner, Venus V (And in longing, she bites her tender mind), 2013
Mixed media collage on Torinoko natural paper, with fragments of photo-based print, rag and handmade paper, 78 x 38 1/2 in. (198.1 x 97.8 cm)
Graffiti in piece are the lines of a Sappho Fragment 96. Image source: Aphrodite from JP Getty Villa
MH127
Mary Heebner, Venus VII (Someone will remember us, I say, even in another time), 2013
Mixed media collage on Torinoko natural paper, with fragments of photo-based print, rag and handmade paper including hand-marbles indigo on linen paper, and wax coated graphite tissue, 78 x 38 1/2 in. (198.1 x 97.8 cm)
Image source: Venus from Lespugue Cave, France and Aphrodite head from Santa Barbara Museum of Art
MH128
Mary Heebner, Venus XI (Cloth, dripping), 2013
Mixed media collage on Asoka paper, with fragment of photo-based print, powdered pigment, handmade cotton, rose tinted gampi paper and acrylic, 34 x 35 in. (86.4 x 88.9 cm)
MH133