Blue Chapel - Brighton, Massachusetts
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Artwork Statement
St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church and monastery opened in 1909 in Brighton, Massachusetts. Inside the church was this small blue chapel, the private space of the priests and seminarians, but used as storage when I visited. The entire 14-acre property was strictly off-limits to women, and if any happened onto the grounds, reconsecration was required. In 1979, the complex was sold to the adjacent St. Elizabeth Hospital, and who used the monastery as a nursing school and dormitory. When I visited the church, a work crew was putting up fencing outside to keep people out. It did not keep us out. In 2020, the municipality approved the redevelopment of the site with condominiums, retaining the church for reuse as a community centre.
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Artist Biography
Sean Galbraith is a self-trained photographer and urban planner in Toronto. With a background in urban design, he looks for patterns, lines and forms that give structure to urban environments. Sean has exhibited in Toronto at the Art Gallery of Ontario Rental + Sales Gallery, galleryDK, Pearson International Airport, Hangman Gallery and the Department of Canadian Heritage, among others. Sean uses medium and large format film. In addition to loving the feel and deliberative process of shooting film, Sean notes that the resulting negatives all for high resolution scans that greatly exceed the capacity of current digital technologies. Sean is a founding member of the DK Photo Group and co-owner of galleryDK. He is also part of a large community of fellow architectural explorers. In 2010 Sean was selected as a winner of the Magenta Foundation’s Flash Foward international competition for Emerging Photographers.
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Purchase Details
The prints you receive are archival, photographic prints on a semi-matte paper with a longevity of 100+ years under normal light conditions.
Each print ships with a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist, which serves as proof your artwork is a bonafide member of its limited edition. You should keep this in a safe place.
All prices are in American dollars (USD).
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Framing
Canadian customer orders are framed in Toronto; orders from the United States are framed in Ohio. All frames come with D-rings for installation. All orders come with our free downloadable installation guide.
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Shipping
Upon receiving your order, we will send you an order confirmation. Your artwork(s) will be printed and framed to order. Expected lead time is 3-4 weeks. Delays due to COVID-19 are possible and depend on the shipping provider. Feel free to send us an email anytime about your order!