Rainy day with neighbors at MAM

     We were at the Montclair Art Museum yesterday to celebrate the life of a neighbor and a scholarship being established in her name: Kathryn Marie Juliano.  She was a student for many years at the Montclair Art Museum, and that's where the scholarship will be. Part of the afternoon was a tour of the current exhibit "Constructing Identity in America (1766-2017)." 

    Then, before joining the Juliano party downstairs for a reception, we saw the Kara Walker installation, which closes next week.  It is pretty amazing as her work always is--in your face and horrifying with its lynchings and rapes and big black silhouettes so sharply set off from the white backgrounds, but you can't stop looking.  What impresses me increasingly, though, is how her work is also delicate and so carefully executed.  The big one was the Virginia lynching  (see right) but also a huge triptych drawing that gave a different view of how she sees the world.