United by a consistent theme of transformation, Valerie Hegarty’s paintings, sculptures, and installations evoke a state of change destroyed if only to be brought to life again. Using foam core, papier-mâché, inkjet prints, and wood, Hegarty has constructed fragile likenesses of historically significant works; her mutation and demolition of the canvases ultimately speaks to greater issues of death, rebirth, and metamorphosis. | Contemporary art, modern masterpieces and displays of ingenuity by t