Marcy Bulkeley’s Post

Creating, whether through abstract art or captivating words, possesses a unique beauty. Like stars in the night sky, these creations shine brightly. Do our personal legacies and words spark life? Is our existence carried forward through what we create, or do our creations continue, preserving the essence of our lives? Life itself is akin to an abstracted museum—a journey through the clouds, finding solace beneath the branches of a tree. Excerpt from my upcoming novel "Sijjil"

If you’re looking for an art-focused read, I just added a review to my blog for Patrick Bringley’s 2023 memoir “All the Beauty in the World”, which charts his experience of a decade guarding art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The book is poignant and beautifully written. Check out my latest post to learn more. https://lnkd.in/egRXXbrg

Collecting the history that is happening today is part of what museums and historical societies should do.

Over the centuries, that radiance periodically dimmed. There were internal struggles and external assaults by Persia, Europe, and finally and fatally, in 1453, by Ottoman armies. Yet even when Byzantium ceased to exist as a political entity, it remained a cultural force: a symbol, for both the Christian West and the Islamic East, of an imperishable “golden age” of aesthetic refinement and intellectual breadth. The Met show introduces a useful check on this textbook account by introducing Africa as a prominent player. Africa would not seem to figure much if we consulted only old art history books, or clung to the still-lingering “dark continent” myths. A main thrust of the show — organized by Andrea Achi, the Met’s associate curator of Byzantine art, with Helen C. Evans, curator emerita, and Kristen Windmuller-Luna, curator of African art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, where the show will travel — is precisely to expand those books and dispel those myth through visual evidence.

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🌟 NEW BLOG POST ALERT! 🌟 Check out this fascinating post about Michael Heizer's "City": a mind-bending fusion of art and desert. It offers a rare and exclusive experience that challenges the conventional understanding of art. Discover why this monumental project remains shrouded in mystery and how its exclusivity raises thought-provoking questions about the nature of art and the relationship between the artwork, the audience, and the environment. Read the full article here: https://ift.tt/0Y8qCWr

ROGER ACKLING: 'SUNLIGHT', a purely visual critical reaction to Roger's solo show at Norwich Castle, avoiding context and art history. The full article is on my website blog. Don’t ask ‘What does it mean’, ask ‘What is it?’ Roger Ackling’s exhibition ‘Sunlight’ was opened by Simon Ofield-Kerr with these words, and they feel like a glass of fresh water. No need then to refer to context, art history, his influences and friends. What are they? ‘Sunlight’ is a gentle word, caressing, evocative, but the sun is the monstrous atomic generator of our universe, powerful beyond imagination, obliviously pumping out energy whose effects are benign and destructive. Roger sits by the sea with his little mirror forcing the mighty sun along bits of weathered wood with his will and his steady hand. Line below line - you have to ask how he makes them so straight, so uniform, so mechanical. Why this size and not that? why horizontal? Burning so evenly is an act of controlled damage like cutting, and the lines are also a way of cross-hatching, drawing, the muscular connections between brain, eye and hand operating together.

Step into the shadows of human existence with Adam Strange's art—an exploration of societal complexities and existential depths. In this review, we dissect the Canadian artist's journey, inspired by a rich artistic legacy, and delve into the unsettling beauty that emerges when questioning everything in a world shrouded in darkness. https://lnkd.in/dtt4K2Tk

Give a senior a can of spray pain and a blank wall, the following will happen: It will bring the senior closer to a form of artistic expression usually associated with the younger generation. It will prove that concepts such as ACTIVE AGING and intergenerational solidarity make more sense every day. It will demonstrate that age is just a number. Taken from the thread entitled, “LATA 65 | urban art workshop for seniors” @ https://lnkd.in/gueGxds

Looking forward to visiting the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth to see Jaune Quick-to-See Smith's exhibition. From Jaune's website: "I am a cultural arts worker because I, not only, paint, do printmaking, some sculpture, draw, make collage, do public art, but I am also an independent teacher/professor and activist. I lecture, teach printmaking workshops, jury, curate, write and organize exhibitions for the Native community. In my work I use humor and satire to present narratives on ethical treatment of animals, humans and our planet. My work is philosophically centered by my strong traditional Salish beliefs."