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Hirschl & Adler Modern is thrilled to present The swamps are pink with June, Julie Heffernan’s
debut solo exhibition with the gallery. Across fifteen new paintings, the artist’s female
protagonists, stand-ins for the viewer and the artist herself, inhabit lush gardens and resplendent
trees. Nestled beside blooms of rich color are scenes and depictions from western art history. The
Fall of Adam & Eve, Hudson River School landscapes, and portraits of Queen Victoria blossom
from expansive branches. In others, dense shrubs grow from under the central figure’s skirt,
rooting her to the landscape …