GALLERY NAGA
67 Newberry Street
Boston, MA 02116
Gallery NAGA is proud to announce Echoes of Place, a group exhibition of landscapes by Joseph Diggs, Marcy Hermansader, Heather Lenz, and Sue McNally curated by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo. Echoes of Place will run from September 8 through October 3, 2026, at 67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, September 12, from 1 – 3 pm. An artist panel moderated by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo will take place on Saturday, October 3, from 1 – 3 pm. The curator Rachel Rosenfield Lafo states that rather than literally depicting the visible world, the four artists in this exhibition conjure echoes of places, metaphorical reverberations that blend observed landscapes with inner visions that compress location, time, and space. Lafo offers insight into the practice of each artist individually: Joseph Diggs draws inspiration from his Cape Cod surroundings, especially the view of Micah’s Pond outside his window. While his paintings are identifiable as landscapes, they are lyrical interpretations rather than precise depictions. Their luminous, shimmering surfaces and layered colors convey mood, pattern, and geometric form, sometimes verging on abstraction. Marcy Hermansader’s mixed-media works on paper suggest a world beyond the everyday. Her dreamlike landscapes, sometimes inspired by places she has visited, function as maps of states of mind and feeling, shifting between introspection and engagement with broader issues. Working intuitively, she uses a range of media and techniques, at times incorporating vintage postcards or photographs into her drawings and collages as starting points for the composition. Heather Lenz has long studied the natural world, representing it in layered paintings that capture aspects of plants, trees, water and animals. Her Night Water series continues this interest in abstracting nature, using an overhead view to represent stars reflected in the water of a nearby pond. The resulting immersive images merge celestial patterns of stars and constellations with the shifting, fluid movement of water. Each painting becomes a record of a particular moment in time. Sue McNally’s painting process is similarly intuitive. She begins with spontaneous marks on canvas and follows where they lead, allowing the work to evolve organically. Through electric color and dynamic shapes, textures, and gestures, she evokes a sense of place or season. Her scenes may seem familiar, yet they remain unidentifiable, transformed by the artist’s imagination. The Back Room will feature Instructions for Dancing, a solo exhibition of works by the Mainebased painter Megan Magill. This will be Magill’s debut exhibition at Gallery NAGA, with a larger solo show to follow in the spring of 2027. Megan Magill is guided by visual impulse and the need to explore playful experiences of human connection. Her newest body of work explores the range of human relationships, from couples in various states of accord and discord, to characters in pensive states of solitude. For images and additional information, please contact mail@gallerynaga.com or 617-267-9060.